Abstract:

Using the porous materials to guide and separate multi-phase flow became a leading edge topic. The mechanism is the force balance of three-phase interface, in which the wettability of substrate is the key factor. An adiabatic and visible experiment flat form was built to study the effect of wettability on the phase interface movement and the separation with a super-hydrophobic and a super-hydrophilic mesh. As the result, the super-hydrophobic and super-hydrophilic mesh showed the self-compatibility. With this ability the super-hydrophilic mesh can block bubbles from flowing through, while the super-hydrophobic mesh can hold a column of liquid by counteracting gravity. Base on the stagnant experiment the super-hydrophobic mesh with a contact angle of 151° showed a resistance of 117.6 N·m^-2 to water, and the super-hydrophilic mesh (θ=0°) indicated a resistance of 49 N·m^-2. During the two-phase flow experiment, the super-hydrophobic mesh showed an enhancement on separation of bubbles, while the super-hydrophilic mesh refused the penetration of bubbles with a layer of liquid film. A mathematic relation of self-compatibility of mesh and the critical diameter of separation was concluded. The modulation of wettability of porous mesh can promote the phases separating which will widen their applications on phase change heat transfer fields.

Key words: two-phase flow, porous film, wettability, phase interface, self-compatibility

摘要：

利用多孔结构进行液体的导流和气液分离是近年来强化传热的研究热点,主要原理是气液固三相界面的受力平衡,固相材料的亲疏水性则是决定微孔内气液固三相界面运动规律的关键因素。针对具有一定亲水性的金属铜网,进行超亲水和超疏水处理;考察多孔结构亲疏水性对相界面以及气液两相分离效果的影响。结果表明,金属铜网具有浸润自相容性;经过亲疏水表面改性后,超亲水性能阻挡气泡的通过;超疏水性能的多孔铜网更易与气体为伍,形成致密气封膜,阻挡液体进犯。静态实验测定多孔丝网的浸润自相容能力,接触角为151°丝网,对液相阻滞力为117.6N·m^-2;接触角为0°的超亲水丝网对气相阻滞力为49N·m^-2,并建立了多孔结构浸润自相容性与分离临界气泡尺寸的数学关联。

关键词: 两相流, 多孔膜, 浸润性, 相界面, 自相容性