NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE VAPOR FILM IN FILM BOILING HEAT TRANSFER

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Abanades ◽  
Ruben Arevalo ◽  
L. Rebollo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Prediction ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Vapor Film ◽  
Mean Temperature ◽  
The Mean

Effect of Nanofluid on the Film Boiling Behavior at Vapor Film Collapse

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Arai ◽  
Masahiro Furuya
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Vapor Film ◽  
Quenching Temperature ◽  
Steel Sphere ◽  
Film Collapse ◽  
Al2o3 Nanofluid

A high-temperature stainless-steel sphere was immersed into Al2O3 nanofluid to investigate film boiling heat transfer and collapse of vapor film. Surface temperature is referred to the measured value of thermocouples embedded into and welded onto a surface of the sphere. A direct contact between the immersed sphere and Al2O3 nanofluids is quantified by the acquired electric conductivity. The Al2O3 nanofluid concentration is varied from 0.024 to 1.3 vol%. A film boiling heat transfer rate of Al2O3 nanofluid is almost the same or slightly lower than that of water. A quenching temperature rises slightly with increased the Al2O3 nanofluid concentrations. In both water and Al2O3 nanofluid, the direct contact signals between the sphere and coolant were not detected before vapor film collapse.

Subcooled Pool Film Boiling Heat Transfer From Spheres With Superhydrophobic Surfaces: An Experimental Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Wu Fan ◽  
Jia-Qi Li ◽  
You-You Su ◽  
Huan-Li Wang ◽  
Ting Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Vapor Film ◽  
Wall Superheat ◽  
Static Contact

Pool film boiling was studied by visualized quenching experiments on stainless steel spheres in water at the atmospheric pressure. The surfaces of the spheres were coated to be superhydrophobic (SHB), having a static contact angle greater than 160 deg. Subcooled conditions were concerned parametrically with the subcooling degree being varied from 0 °C (saturated) to 70 °C. It was shown that film boiling is the overwhelming mode of heat transfer during the entire course of quenching as a result of the retention of stable vapor film surrounding the SHB spheres, even at very low wall superheat that normally corresponds to nucleate boiling. Pool boiling heat transfer is enhanced with increasing the subcooling degree, in agreement with the thinning trend of the vapor film thickness. The heat flux enhancement was found to be up to fivefold for the subcooling degree of 70 °C in comparison to the saturated case, at the wall superheat of 200 °C. A modified correlation in the ratio form was proposed to predict pool film boiling heat transfer from spheres as a function of the subcooling degree.

Film Boiling Heat Transfer on an Isothermal Vertical Surface

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Bui ◽  
V. K. Dhir
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Vertical Surface ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Vapor Film ◽  
Interfacial Wave ◽  
Transfer Coefficients

Natural convection film boiling heat transfer of saturated liquids on an isothermal vertical surface is investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Local heat transfer coefficients are obtained at steady-state conditions on a 6.3-cm-wide and 10.3-cm-high heated surface which was machined from a large block of copper. Effectively isothermal surface conditions are achieved even for wall superheats up to 450 K. Experiments conducted with water at 1 atm pressure show that predictions from existing theoretical models are inadequate and a detailed consideration of the liquid-vapor interface behavior is required. Still and motion pictures of the vapor film are taken and data on vapor film thickness, interfacial wave behavior, and bubble detachment characteristics are obtained to build an analytical model for predicting film boiling heat transfer. This time-dependent model based on laminar flow in the film incorporates the effects of both large-scale and small-scale waves. Results from analysis are compared with experimental data.

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