On the Boiling Patterns of Nucleate Pool Boiling at Reduced Pressure

Heat transfer in nucleate pool boiling of multicomponent mixtures

Steady state pool boiling heat transfer coefficients have been obtained experimentally for acetone–isopropanol–water and acetone–MEK (methyl ethyl ketone)–water ternary systems. The data show that, for a given heat flux, the heat transfer coefficients of mixtures are lower than those obtained for pure components constituting the mixture. The measured heat transfer coefficients were compared wit...

Direct Numerical Simulation of Subcooled Nucleate Pool Boiling

With the long-term objective of Critical Heat Flux (CHF) prediction, a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) framework for simulation of subcooled and saturated nucleate pool boiling is developed. One case of saturated, and three cases of subcooled boiling at different subcooling levels are simulated. Grid refinement study is also reported. Both boiling and condensation phenomena can be computed si...

Momentum effects in steady nucleate pool boiling during microgravity.

Pool boiling experiments were conducted in microgravity on five space shuttle flights, using a flat plate heater consisting of a semitransparent thin gold film deposited on a quartz substrate that also acted as a resistance thermometer. The test fluid was R-113, and the vapor bubble behavior at the heater surface was photographed from beneath as well as from the side. Each flight consisted of a...

Distribution of Impurities Concentration in Nucleate Boiling

The development of the mathematical model of mass transfer and diffusion process can determine the behavior of dissolved impurities in the flow boiling within viscous sublayer. Application of a new model to calculate the distribution of dissolved impuritiesconcentration within viscous sublayer and estimation of its thickness based on heat conduction layer and evaporation layer (macro-microlayer...

The Influence of Surface Roughness on Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer