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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Applicant:
The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventor:
Prem Kumar Bikkina, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, Stillwater, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/20 (2006.01); F28F 13/18 (2006.01); F28F 13/06 (2006.01); F28F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 13/187 (2013.01); F28F 3/02 (2013.01); F28F 13/06 (2013.01); F28F 2260/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed which utilize liquid-philic surfaces and liquid-phobic surfaces to more safely and efficiently boil liquids and/or condense vapors. The methods and systems generally utilize two separated surfaces for nucleate boiling, where one of the surfaces is liquid-philic and the other is liquid-phobic. The methods and systems can utilize a condensing surface for condensing vapors, where the condensing surface can have liquid-philic regions and liquid-phobic regions.