Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Dynamics of Moving Vapor Bubbles

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Christopher ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Xiaofeng Peng
Keyword(s):  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Jet Flows ◽  
Marangoni Flow ◽  
Bubble Motion ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Noncondensable Gases ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Heated Wire ◽  
Surface Temperature Gradient

Jet flows have been observed flowing from the tops of vapor bubbles during nucleate boiling in a variety of situations. This paper analyzes the physical mechanisms that cause jet flows to emanate from the tops of bubbles moving along microwires. The flows were analyzed by numerically solving the governing differential equations for the 3-D velocity and temperature distributions around the bubble and the heated wire as the bubble moves along the wire. The results show that the flow is most likely driven by the temperature difference from the front to the back of the bubble resulting from the bubble motion which would cause Marangoni flow. The Marangoni flow provides thrust to push the bubble forward. Comparisons with experimental observations suggests that the condensation heat transfer at the bubble interface must be restricted by noncondensable gases would increase the surface temperature gradient which would in turn increase the resulting Marangoni flow.

Dynamics of Bubble Motion and Bubble Top Jet Flows From Moving Vapor Bubbles on Microwires

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. 1260-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Christopher ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Xiaofeng Peng
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Vertical Component ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Jet Flows ◽  
Marangoni Flow ◽  
Bubble Motion ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Noncondensable Gases ◽  
The Wire

Rapid bubble sweeping along heated wires was observed during subcooled nucleate boiling experiments on very fine wires with jet flows emanating from the tops of the vapor bubbles for a variety of conditions. This paper presents experimental results with a numerical analysis of the physical mechanisms causing the experimentally observed bubble motion and jet flows. The results show that the moving bubble creates a nonuniform temperature distribution in the wire by cooling the wire as it moves along the wire with significant heat transfer in the wake behind the bubble. The results verify that the bubble motion is driven by the temperature difference from the front to the back of the bubble, which causes Marangoni flow. The Marangoni flow then thrusts the bubble forward along the wire with the calculated bubble velocities agreeing well with experimental measurements. In addition, the temperature difference from the bottom to the top of the bubble creates a vertical component to the Marangoni flow that results in the jet flows from the bubble tops. Comparisons with experimental observations suggest that the condensation heat transfer at the bubble interface is restricted by noncondensable gases that increase the surface temperature gradient and the resulting Marangoni flow. The numerical results also show that the heat transfer from the wire due to the Marangoni flow is significantly larger than the heat transfer due to the evaporation under the bubble.

Microscale Vapor Bubble Interactions During Subcooled Nucleate Boiling on a Heated Wire

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
David M. Christopher
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Bubble Behavior ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Bubble Interactions ◽  
Heated Wire ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

Bubbles have been observed moving along heated wires during subcooled nucleate boiling as they are driven by Marangoni convection around the bubbles. This paper presents more detailed observations of the vapor bubble interactions and moving bubble behavior during subcooled nucleate boiling on a heated microwire. The experimental results show that moving bubbles coalesce or rebound from other bubbles and that bubbles hop on the wire. These observations show how bubble interactions significantly affect nucleate boiling heat transfer rates and how Marangoni flow plays an important role in microscale nucleate boiling heat transfer mechanisms.

Experimental Observation of Nucleate Boiling Entrainment in a Liquid Film

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junpei Tabuchi ◽  
Yuki Narushima ◽  
Kenichi Katono ◽  
Tomio Okawa
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Droplet Entrainment ◽  
Bubble Bursting ◽  
Filament Breakup

Abstract Many studies have been conducted on droplet entrainment in an annular flow regime, but little is known about droplet entrainment caused by nucleate boiling. In this report, visualization results of droplet entrainment caused by nucleate boiling are described. We observed two processes of droplet entrainment. The first one causes bubble bursting at a water surface. The second one causes filament breakup which occurs when the vapor bubble reaches and collapses at the interface between air and liquid. From comparison of the phenomena for the two processes, we found that the diameters of the droplets and vapor bubbles were considerably different. Using the results of this research allows the effect of forced convection to be taken into account. In the future, we plan to expand the amount of data and develop a boiling entrainment model under forced convection conditions.

An Experimental Study of Boiling in Reduced and Zero Gravity Fields

1961 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Usiskin ◽  
R. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Heated Surface ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Zero Gravity ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Low Gravity ◽  
Effective Gravity ◽  
Gravity Fields ◽  
The One

A pool boiling apparatus was mounted on a counterweighted platform which could be dropped a distance of nine feet. By varying the size of the counterweight, the effective gravity field on the equipment was adjusted between zero and unity. A study of boiling burnout in water indicated that a variation in the critical heat flux according to the one quarter power of gravity was reasonable. A consideration of the transient burnout process was necessary in order to properly interpret the data. A photographic study of nucleate boiling showed how the velocity of freely rising vapor bubbles decreased as gravity was reduced. The bubble diameters at the time of breakoff from the heated surface were found to vary inversely as gravity to the 1/3.5 power. Motion pictures were taken to illustrate both nucleate and film boiling in the low gravity range.

Comparison of Heat Transfer Rates Around Moving and Stationary Bubbles During Nucleate Boiling

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Christopher ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Xiaofeng Peng
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Marangoni Flow ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Bubble Movement ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

Nucleate boiling is known to be a very efficient method for generating high heat transfer rates from solid surfaces into liquids; however, the fundamental physical mechanisms governing nucleate boiling heat transfer are not well understood. This paper describes a numerical analysis of the heat transfer mechanisms around stationary and moving bubbles on a very thin microwire. The numerical analysis accurately models the experimentally observed bubble movement and fluid velocities. The analytical model was then used to study the heat transfer mechanisms around the bubbles. The analysis shows that the primary heat transfer mechanism is not the direct heat transfer to the bubble, but rather the large amount of convection around the outside of the bubble induced by the Marangoni flow that transfers at least twice as much energy from the wire than the heat transfer directly under the bubble. The enhanced heat transfer due to the Marangoni flow was evident for both stationary and moving bubbles.

scholarly journals Bubble sweeping and jet flows during nucleate boiling of subcooled liquids

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 863-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Wang ◽  
X.F. Peng ◽  
B.X. Wang ◽  
D.J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Jet Flows

Multi-Jet Flows Underneath Small Bubble in Nucleate Boiling of Subcooled Self-Rewetting Fluid

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leping Zhou ◽  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Longting Wei ◽  
Xiaoze Du
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Marangoni Convection ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Jet Flow ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Jet Flows ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Heating Wire ◽  
Butanol Solution

Jet flow phenomenon is important in enhanced nucleate boiling heat transfer processes and applications. When heater sizes scale down, jet flow can be observed due to the Marangoni convection around bubbles staying on microscale heated surface. In this paper, two fluids were employed for comparing and demonstrating the effect of Marangoni convection on bubble behaviors on micro heating wire. One was ultrapure water and the other was aqueous n-butanol solution, a self-rewetting fluid. Bubble-top jet flow for water and multi-jet flows for n-butanol solution were observed around a platinum micro heating wire by high speed CCD camera. Corresponding numerical simulation proved that it is the Marangoni convection that attracts the sub-cooled water to flow from the super-heated microlayer at the bottom to the top of a stationary bubble. For n-butanol solution, however, the Marangoni convection can induce it to flow oppositely, which causes the subcooled solution to flow onto the heated surface. The simulation for the solution is in good agreement with the experiment where the subcooled liquid nears the bubble-top flow towards the bottom of bubble or the heated surface and hence the multi-jet flows occur. The multi-jet flows can sustain for a long period and cause transient chaos at the super-heated thin liquid layer near the heated surface. The temperature around the bubble presented sharp temperature gradient and the velocity in the near-wall region is almost vertical to the wall. The experimental and numerical studies on the effect of surface tension and thus Marangoni convection are crucial to the mechanisms of subcooled nucleate boiling of fluids.

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