Vapor-bubble growth at the lower generatrix of horizontal tubes

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. D. Chaika
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Bubble Growth ◽  
Horizontal Tubes

Effect of Pressure on Bubble Growth Within Liquid Droplets at the Superheat Limit

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 750-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Avedisian
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Bubble Growth ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Organic Liquid ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Growth Data ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Photographic Evidence ◽  
Good Agreement

A study of high-pressure bubble growth within liquid droplets heated to their limits of superheat is reported. Droplets of an organic liquid (n-octane) were heated in an immiscible nonvolatile field liquid (glycerine) until they began to boil. High-speed cine photography was used for recording the qualitative aspects of boiling intensity and for obtaining some basic bubble growth data which have not been previously reported. The intensity of droplet boiling was found to be strongly dependent on ambient pressure. At atmospheric pressure the droplets boiled in a comparatively violent manner. At higher pressures photographic evidence revealed a two-phase droplet configuration consisting of an expanding vapor bubble beneath which was suspended a pool of the vaporizing liquid. A qualitative theory for growth of the two-phase droplet was based on assuming that heat for vaporizing the volatile liquid was transferred across a thin thermal boundary layer surrounding the vapor bubble. Measured droplet radii were found to be in relatively good agreement with predicted radii.

Vapor bubble growth in heterogeneous boiling—I. Formulation

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 909-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renwei Mei ◽  
Wenchin Chen ◽  
James F. Klausner
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Bubble Growth

Vapor bubble growth at the surface of flat and cylindrical heaters

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Aktershev ◽  
V. V. Ovchinnikov
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Bubble Growth

Numerical Analysis of Vapor Bubble Growth and Wall Heat Transfer During Flow Boiling of Water in a Microchannel

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhijit Mukherjee ◽  
Satish G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Bubble Growth ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Channel Cross Section ◽  
Wall Heat Transfer ◽  
Wall Superheat

The present study is performed to analyze the wall heat transfer mechanisms during growth of a vapor bubble inside a microchannel. The microchannel is of 200 μm square cross section and a vapor bubble begins to grow at one of the walls, with liquid coming in through the channel inlet. The complete Navier-Stokes equations along with continuity and energy equations are solved using the SIMPLER method. The liquid vapor interface is captured using the level set technique. The bubble grows rapidly due to heat transfer from the walls and soon turns into a plug filling the entire channel cross section. The average wall heat transfer at the channel walls is studied for different values of wall superheat and incoming liquid mass flux. The results show that the wall heat transfer increases with wall superheat but is almost unaffected by the liquid flow rate. The bubble growth is found to be the primary mechanism of increasing wall heat transfer as it pushes the liquid against the walls thereby influencing the thermal boundary layer development.

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