Abstract: Sintered porous coating of composite powder was applied on heat transfer tube. An experiment on enhanced boiling heat transfer with composite powder porous surface tubes was carried out, which used deionized water in tube to heat and boil acetone out of tube. The coefficient of boiling heat transfer, K and geometric parameters were measured and compared with the experimental results of a smooth tube and other domestic porous surface tubes. The resistance to fouling of porous surface tubes was also studied. The results indicated that porosity was the most important factor for the coefficient of boiling heat transfer of porous surface tubes. The coefficient of boiling heat transfer of porous surface tubes obtained in this paper could reach 14 times of that of smooth tubes at the same condition and porous surface tubes had the capability of resistance to fouling, which provides scientific data for the commercialization of that type of porous surface tubes.