Heat Transfer Controlled Collapse of a Cylindrical Vapor Bubble in a Vertical Isothermal Tube

1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Pitts ◽  
H. C. Hewitt ◽  
B. R. McCullough
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Electric Heater ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Experimental Apparatus

An experimental program was conducted to determine the collapse rate of slug-type vapor bubbles rising due to buoyancy through subcooled parent liquid in a vertical isothermal tube. The experimental apparatus included a vertical glass tube with an outer glass container providing a constant temperature water bath for the inner tube. The inner tube contained distilled, deaerated water, and water vapor bubbles were generated at the bottom of this tube with a pulsed electric heater. The parent liquid was uniformly subcooled with respect to the vapor bubble resulting in heat transfer controlled bubble collapse. Collapse rates and rise velocities were recorded by high-speed motion picture photography. Over a limited range of subcooling, the bubble collapse was well behaved, and a simple, quasi-steady boundary layer heat transfer analysis adapted from slug flow over a flat plate correlated the experimental results with a high degree of accuracy. Experimental results were obtained with tubes having inside diameters of 0.0127, 0.0218, and 0.0381 m and for a range of subcooling from 0.5 to 9.0 K.

Correlation Between Behaviors of the Vapor Bubbles and the Characteristics of the Heat Transfer Over the Heated Surface on MEB

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahito Saiki ◽  
Tomohiko Osawa ◽  
Ichiro Ueno ◽  
Chungpyo Hong
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Heated Plate ◽  
Thin Wire ◽  
Vapor Bubbles

A series of experiments on subcooled pool boiling on a plate and on a thin wire are carried out. We focus on the condensation and collapse processes of vapor bubbles generated on the heated surface. We find the different patterns of the vapor bubble behaviors resulting in the emission of the microbubbles around the heated plate and the thin wire by employing high-speed observation with frame rate up to 150,000 frame per second (fps). From the experimental results, we provide a physical explanation on the correlation between the behavior of the vapor bubble at a high heat flux and the heat transfer characteristics. We propose this simple core-periphery model as a qualitative model for understanding the generation of the MEB.

On the Mechanics of Vapor Bubble Collapse

1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. W. Florschuetz ◽  
B. T. Chao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Dimensionless Parameter ◽  
Free Fall ◽  
Step Change ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Collapse Rate

The mechanics of vapor bubble collapse under spherically symmetrical conditions is examined to ascertain the relative importance of the effects of liquid inertia and heat transfer on the collapse rate. A dimensionless parameter, Beff, is identified to characterize the mode of collapse. Discriminating values of this parameter are suggested for the simple case where the collapse is initiated by a step change in pressure or temperature. For heat transfer controlled collapse, a model is also proposed to account for the influence of a permanent gas present in the bubble. Experimental results for bubbles with initial radii ranging from 0.3 cm to 0.9 cm collapsing in water and ethyl alcohol at atmospheric pressure levels and under free fall conditions are presented. The pressure difference ranges from 12 cm Hg to 63 cm Hg and the corresponding degrees of subcooling are 5 deg C to 45 deg C. Data are also given for water vapor bubbles containing significant amounts of nitrogen, helium, and xenon. When compared with theory, reasonable agreements are obtained. For slowly collapsing bubbles, the significance of small translational velocities is brought to attention. Photographic evidences are also given for bubble instability under suitable conditions.

Evaporation of Single Drops of n-Pentane/n-Hexane Mixtures in Water

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Shimaoka ◽  
Y. H. Mori
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Rise Velocity ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Preceding Work ◽  
Liquid Vapor

The evaporation of isolated drops (2.1−3.0 mm diameter) of nonazeotropic n-pentane/n-hexane mixtures in the medium of water was observed under pressures of 0.11−0.46 MPa and temperature differences up to 27 K. The mole fractions of n-pentane, x, in the mixtures were set at 0.9, 0.5, 0.1, and 0, to be completed by the condition x = 1 set in a preceding work (Shimaoka and Mori, 1990). Experimental results are presented in terms of the instantaneous rise velocity of, and an expression of instantaneous heat transfer to, each drop evaporating and thereby transforming into a liquid/vapor two-phase bubble and finally into a vapor bubble. The dependencies of the heat transfer characteristics on the pressure, the temperature difference, and x are discussed.

Thermal Bubble Dynamics Under the Effect of Acoustic Vibration

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaopeng Qu ◽  
Huihe Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Acoustic Field ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Acoustic Vibration ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical System ◽  
Mems Technology ◽  
Enhanced Boiling

The effect of acoustic field on the dynamics of micro thermal bubble is investigated in this paper. The micro thermal bubbles were generated by a micro heater which was fabricated by standard Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System (MEMS) technology and integrated into a mini chamber. The acoustic field formed in the mini chamber was generated by a piezoelectric plate which was adhered on the top side of the chamber’s wall. The dynamics and related heat transfer induced by the micro heater generated vapor bubble with and without the existing of acoustic field were characterized by a high speed photograph system and a micro temperature sensor. Through the experiments, it was found that in two different conditions, the temperature changing induced by the micro heater generated vapor bubble was significantly different. From the analysis of the high speed photograph results, the acoustic force induced micro thermal bubble movements, such as forcibly removing, collapsing and sweeping, were the main effects of acoustic enhanced boiling heat transfer. The experimental results and theoretical analysis were helpful for understanding of the mechanisms of acoustic enhanced boiling heat transfer and development of novel micro cooling devices.

Microbubble Formation in Collapsing Process of a Single Vapor Bubble Injected in Subcooled Pool

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro Ueno ◽  
Yasusuke Hattori
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Lighting System ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Bubble Behavior ◽  
Subcooled Liquid ◽  
Boiling Process

‘Microbubble emission boiling,’ known as MEB, is a phenomenon that emerges in a narrow range of subcooled condition with a higher heat flux than critical heat flux (CHF) accompanying with microbubble emission from the heated surface. The authors focus on the condensing process of vapor bubbles in order to comprehend the mechanism of the microbubble formation and emitting processes. In order to simplify a surely complex boiling process, the authors try to extract an interaction between the vapor bubble and the subcooled bulk in a boiling phenomenon, that is, growing and collapsing processes of a vapor bubble ejected to subcooled liquid bath. Vapor bubble is produced by vapor generate system, and ejected to a bulk of saturated distilled water at a designated degree of subcooling. The degree of subcooling is varied from 0 to 50 K. The growing/collapsing of vapor bubble behavior is detected by employing a high-speed camera at frame rates up to 50,000 fps with a back-lighting system. In the present study, the process of microbubble emission as well as the process of the irrupting vapor bubbles to the subcooled bulk is compared to that in a MEB on a thin wire.

Application of an Object-Oriented CFD Code to Heat Transfer Analysis

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Mangani ◽  
A. Andreini
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Lateral Spreading ◽  
Impinging Jets ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
High Flexibility

This paper is aimed at showing the performances obtained with an open-source CFD code for heat transfer predictions after the addiction of specific modules. The development steps to make this code suitable for such simulations are described in order to point out its potentiality as a customizable CFD tool, appropriate for both academic and industrial research. The C++ library, named OpenFOAM, offers specific class and polyhedral finite volume operators thought for continuum mechanics simulations as well as built-in solvers and utilities. To make it robust, fast and reliable for RANS heat transfer predictions it was indeed necessary to implement additional submodules. The package coded by the authors within the OpenFOAM environment includes a suitable algorithm for compressible steady-state analysis. A SIMPLE like algorithm was specifically developed to extend the operability field to a wider range of Mach numbers. A set of Low-Reynolds eddy-viscosity turbulence models, chosen amongst the best performing in wall bounded flows, were developed. In addition an algebraic anisotropic correction, to increase jets lateral spreading, and an automatic wall treatment, to obtain mesh independence, were added. The results presented cover several types of flows amongst the most typical for turbomachinery and combustor gas turbine cooling devices. Impinging jets were investigated as well as film and effusion cooling flows, both in single and multi-hole configuration. Numerical predictions for wall effectiveness and wall heat transfer coefficient were tested against standard literature and in-house set-up experimental results. The numerical predictions obtained proves to be in-line with the equivalent models of commercial CFD packages obtaining a general good agreement with the experimental results. Moreover during the tests OpenFOAM code has shown a good accuracy and robustness, as well as an high flexibility in the implementation of user-defined submodules.

Condensation Phenomena in High Speed Flow of Steam—Experimental Apparatus

1973 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Campbell ◽  
F. Bakhtar
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Test Section ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Theoretical Treatment ◽  
Wet Steam ◽  
High Speed Flow ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
Experimental Apparatus

The paper describes a steam circuit for studies of nucleation and behaviour of wet steam. The test section is a duct of rectangular cross-section in which particular geometries are produced by fitting shaped profiles to its sides. To deliver steam to the test section, at required conditions, a turbine, cooler and superheater are included in the circuit. The experimental results presented are concerned with the variations of Wilson point as a function of pressure. Comparisons are made with the results of a theoretical treatment already published (1)‡ and agreement is shown to be good.

Performance of One- and Two-Row Tube and Plate Fin Heat Exchangers

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Rosman ◽  
P. Carajilescov ◽  
F. E. M. Saboya
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Fin Efficiency ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Experimental Apparatus

Heat exchangers consisting of finned tubes are commonly employed in air conditioning systems, air heaters, radiators, etc. Local measurements of mass transfer coefficients on fins, obtained by Saboya and Sparrow, are very nonuniform. In the present work, an experimental apparatus was set up to measure overall heat transfer coefficients for two-row tube and plate fin heat exchangers. The obtained results, together with Shepherd’s results for one-row exchangers, are used to transform the local mass transfer coefficients into local heat transfer coefficients. A numerical two-dimensional heat transfer analysis has been performed in order to obtain the temperature distribution and fin efficiency. The influences of the Reynolds number and fin material are also analyzed.

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