Prediction of Subcooled Water Flow Boiling CHF over a Wide Range of Pressure.

Critical Heat Flux in Subcooled Flow Boiling of Water

Assessment of dimensionless CHF correlations for subcooled flow boiling in microgravity and Earth gravity

A comprehensive review and analysis of prior subcooled flow boiling CHF correlations was conducted to identify those correlations that provide the most accurate predictions for dielectric working fluids and small rectangular flow passages found in electronics cooling applications in both microgravity and Earth gravity. Since most prior correlations were derived from water databases, only those ...

Flow boiling CHF in microgravity

Poor understanding of flow boiling in microgravity has recently emerged as a key obstacle to the development of many types of power generation and life support systems intended for space exploration. This study examines flow boiling CHF in microgravity that was achieved in parabolic flight experiments with FC-72 onboard NASA s KC-135 turbojet. At high heat fluxes, bubbles quickly coalesced into...

CHF model for subcooled flow boiling in Earth gravity and microgravity

This study is the first attempt at extending the Interfacial Lift-off CHF Model to subcooled flow boiling conditions. A new CHF database was generated for FC-72 from ground tests as well as from microgravity tests that were performed in parabolic flight trajectory. These tests also included high-speed video imaging and analysis of the liquid–vapor interface during the CHF transient. Both the CH...

Development of a Numerical Model for Subcooled Boiling Flow

Population balance equations combined with a threedimensional two-fluid model are employed to predict bubbly flows with the presence of heat and mass transfer processes. Subcooled boiling flow belongs to this specific category of bubbly flows is considered. The MUSIG (MUltiple-SIze-Group) model implemented in CFX4.4 is further developed to account for the wall nucleation and condensation in the...