Nucleate pool boiling enhancement with the application of a hybrid technique involving the addition of alumina nanoparticles to stirred water above heating surface

The nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient (HTC) can be improved using either active or passive techniques. According to the present disclosure, both techniques are used in combination. In the passive technique, nanoparticles are added to water, whereas a rotating mixer is used in the active technique to improve the boiling HTC of pure water. This study uses hybrid techniques for HTC enhancement at nucleate pool boiling regime. Experiments...