Surfactant Influence on Heat Transfer at Boiling and Condensation

Boiling phenomena with surfactants and polymeric additives: A state-of-the-art review

“…Another aspect of the effect of surfactants on the bubble dynamics is that the departure diameter decreases considerably with increasing solution concentration and heat flux as compared to that of boiling in pure water. As observed by Saltanov et al [28], the minimum detachable bubble diameter and its maximum departure frequency correspond to the maximum nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient. The departing bubbles are more regular in shape and have a reduced tendency to coalesce.…”

“…Studies have focused particularly on nucleate pool boiling of various aqueous additive solutions although there are some studies on flow boiling with additives. Wu et al [22] provided a literature review on both pool boiling [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] and flow boiling [32][33][34][35] with surfactant additives. The latest papers cited in their review were up to 1993.…”