Rapid Boiling of Droplets in an Ambient Liquid at Partial Superheat

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman D. Haustein ◽  
Alon Gany
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Liquid Environment ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
High Superheat ◽  
Film Collapse ◽  
Critical Times

This work deals with the dynamics of rapid-boiling of a droplet, at medium-high superheat, rising in a host liquid environment. It considers the heat transfer, the superheat consumption and the hydrodynamics of the droplet as it boils. In the course of the research water-column experiments were conducted, and results are shown. Superheating was implemented by the sudden depressurization of the ambient liquid. Boiling was very rapid, concluding within several milliseconds, and high heat fluxes across the interface were obtained. Additionally, certain critical times in the boiling process were predicted and defined, and a novel criterion for the end of rapid boiling (liquid film collapse), is proposed. These defined critical times agree well with measured points of change in the boiling dynamics. From these results and analysis a deeper understanding of the three-fluid rapid boiling at medium-high superheat has been established, for the first time. In addition, various initial conditions were tested and their effect established qualitatively. This form of boiling, though being very rapid and sustaining high heat transfer rates, is non-explosive in nature, and therefore more designable and widely applicable.

Rapid Boiling of a Two-Phase Droplet in an Immiscible Liquid at High Superheat

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman D. Haustein ◽  
Alon Gany ◽  
Ezra Elias
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Immiscible Liquid ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Liquid Environment ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Process ◽  
High Superheat ◽  
Transient Boiling

This work studies experimentally the rapid boiling of a droplet rising in a host liquid environment, within a range of superheats (0.2<Ja∗<0.5) not previously investigated. The direct-contact rapid-boiling process has many advantages in the fields of heat exchange and multiphase flow. By taking into account the superheat, heat transfer, and hydrodynamics of the multiphase-droplet the aim of this study is to create greater insight into the character of this transient-boiling process, for the first time. The sudden depressurization of a water column led to the rapid boiling of liquid propane droplets rising by buoyancy. During this millisecond boiling distinct stages were identified. Appropriate critical times for the transition between stages were defined by a simplified model, among these a novel criterion for the sudden pause in boiling caused by the engulfing liquid-film's collapse. Good agreement was found between these predicted time-points and measured changes in the boiling profile. This form of boiling, though being very rapid and sustaining high heat transfer rates, is still calm in nature, therefore, more predictable and widely applicable. Understanding this form of boiling suggests that the “design” of the boiling curve may be possible by setting the initial parameters.

scholarly journals Entropy Generation and Heat Transfer Performance in Microchannel Cooling

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jundika Kurnia ◽  
Desmond Lim ◽  
Lianjun Chen ◽  
Lishuai Jiang ◽  
Agus Sasmito
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Second Law Of Thermodynamics ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Cooling Channel ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Microchannel Cooling

Owing to its relatively high heat transfer performance and simple configurations, liquid cooling remains the preferred choice for electronic cooling and other applications. In this cooling approach, channel design plays an important role in dictating the cooling performance of the heat sink. Most cooling channel studies evaluate the performance in view of the first thermodynamics aspect. This study is conducted to investigate flow behaviour and heat transfer performance of an incompressible fluid in a cooling channel with oblique fins with regards to first law and second law of thermodynamics. The effect of oblique fin angle and inlet Reynolds number are investigated. In addition, the performance of the cooling channels for different heat fluxes is evaluated. The results indicate that the oblique fin channel with 20° angle yields the highest figure of merit, especially at higher Re (250–1000). The entropy generation is found to be lowest for an oblique fin channel with 90° angle, which is about twice than that of a conventional parallel channel. Increasing Re decreases the entropy generation, while increasing heat flux increases the entropy generation.

The RC Analogy Provides a Versatile Computational Tool for Unsteady, Unidirectional Heat Conduction in Regular Solid Bodies Cooled by Adjoining Fluids

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Antonio Campo ◽  
Francisco Alhama
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Total Heat ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Total Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Electric Circuits ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Evaluation of spatio-temporal temperatures and total heat transfer rates in simple bodies (large plate, long cylinder and sphere) has been traditionally explained in undergraduate courses of heat transfer by the Heisler/Gröber or by the Boelter/Gröber charts. These three charts pose some restrictions with respect to the applicable times. Additionally, the charts do not provide information about the time-dependent heat fluxes at the surface. Conversely, evaluation of spatio-temporal temperatures, time-dependent heat fluxes at the surface and total heat transfer rates can be easily done for the entire time domain with the network simulation method (NSM) in conjunction with the commercial code PSPICE. NSM relies on the existing physical analogy between the unsteady transport of electric current and the unsteady transport of unidirectional heat by conduction. This analogy has been named the RC analogy in the specialized literature. The code PSPICE simulates the electric circuits for a specific body together with the imposed boundary and initial conditions, and produces numerical results for the quantities of interest, such as: the spatio-temporal temperature distributions; the time-dependent heat flux distributions at the surface; and the total heat transfer.

Spatial and Temporal Wall Temperature Fluctuations in Two-Phase Flow in Microgap Coolers

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Sheehan ◽  
Avram Bar-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Volumetric Cooling ◽  
Very High

Heat transfer to an evaporating refrigerant and/or dielectric liquid in a microgap channel can provide very high heat transfer coefficients and volumetric cooling rates. Recent studies at Maryland have established the dominance of the annular flow regime in such microgap channels and related the observed high-quality peak of an M-shaped heat transfer coefficient curve to the onset of local dryout. The present study utilizes infrared thermography to locate such nascent dryout regions and operating conditions. Data obtained with a 210 micron microgap channel, operated with a mass flux of 195.2 kg/m2-s and heat fluxes of 10.3 to 26 W/cm2 are presented and discussed.

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.

An Investigation of Thermal and Velocity Fields for a Confined Jet Over the RE Range of 1,000-24,000

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Jeffers ◽  
J. Punch ◽  
E. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
High Heat Transfer

Contemporary electronic systems currently generate high heat fluxes at component level. Impingement cooling is an effective way to generate high heat transfer coefficients in order to meet thermal constraints. This paper investigates the heat transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of a confined impinging liquid jet with a nozzle-to-plate spacing (H/D) ratio of 0.5. A custom measurement facility was created to infer local heat transfer rates from infra-red images of a jet impinging on a 12.5μm thick stainless steel foil configured to generate uniform heat flux. Particle-Image Velocimetry (PIV) was performed in order to obtain quantitative velocity data within the jet. A series of experiments were run for Reynolds numbers (Re) in the range of 1,000–24,000 for a jet of 8 mm diameter (D). For Re &gt; 4,000, the local heat transfer rate — in terms of Nusselt number (Nu) as a function of dimensionless radius (r/D) — had a plateau section between 0 &lt; r/D &lt; 0.6 followed by a peak at r/D ∼ 1.35. For higher Re the Nu peak exceeds that of the plateau section. For Re &lt; 4,000, a plateau section exists between 0 &lt; r/D &lt; 0.4 followed by a shoulder located between 1 &lt; r/D &lt; 1.4. The PIV data for Re &gt; 4,000 showed a strong vortex in the area of the secondary peak in Nu which was not present in the lower Re range. This phenomenon — the local peaks of heat transfer rate — has been previously reported in the literature with a degree of uncertainty as to the related fluid mechanics. This paper contributes to an understanding of the fluidic phenomenon responsible for the distribution of heat transfer rate in confined jets.

Natural Convection Heat Transfer From a Cylinder With High Conductivity Permeable Fins

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bassam A/K Abu-Hijleh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Horizontal Cylinder ◽  
High Conductivity ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Wide Range

The problem of laminar natural convection from a horizontal cylinder with multiple equally spaced high conductivity permeable fins on its outer surface was investigated numerically. The effect of several combinations of number of fins and fin height on the average Nusselt number was studied over a wide range of Rayleigh number. Permeable fins provided much higher heat transfer rates compared to the more traditional solid fins for a similar cylinder configuration. The ratio between the permeable to solid Nusselt numbers increased with Rayleigh number, number of fins, and fin height. This ratio was as high as 8.4 at Rayleigh number of 106, non-dimensional fin height of 2.0, and with 11 equally spaced fins. The use of permeable fins is very advantageous when high heat transfer rates are needed such as in today’s high power density electronic components.

A Transducer for Measuring High Heat Transfer Rates

1970 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 1732-1740 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Schulte ◽  
R. F. Kohl
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
High Heat Transfer

scholarly journals Properties of Kerosene-Aluminium Nanofluid used to Estimate the Overall Heat Transfer Rates during Regenerative/Film Cooling of Thrust Chambers

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1S3) ◽  
pp. 165-169
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Space Station ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Rocket Propulsion ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
High Heat Transfer

Large heat transfer rates are always desired for rocket propulsion applications as high heat loads are associated at the nozzle exit. Different strategies have been employed in order to have high heat transfer coefficients including use of liquid nitrogen, spray cooling etc. ISRO has planned to use aluminium based nano-particles with kerosene in order to cool launching vehicles including GSLV Mk III as it is the heaviest rocket that can carry large payloads. Recently, ISRO has announced to install its own International Space Station (ISS) in future and in such applications larger payloads are to be carried by the rocket. In this work, an analytical study on the thermodynamic properties of the aluminium nano-particles based kerosene nanofluid has been done and an attempt has also been made to develop a temperature and pressure dependent correlation that can be used in computational analysis of thrust chambers while film/regenerative cooling.

Mesoscale Combustor/Evaporator Development

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kriston P. Brooks ◽  
Peter M. Martin ◽  
M. Kevin Drost ◽  
Charles J. Call
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Fabrication Process ◽  
Coolant Temperature ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Compact Source ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
High Heat Transfer

Abstract Battelle has developed a mesoscale combustor/evaporator that provides a lightweight and compact source of heating, cooling, or energy generation for both man-portable and stationary applications. The device uses microscale flow channels that increase the available surface area for heat transfer and reduce the fluid boundary layer. These characteristics in turn result in heat fluxes for hydrocarbon/air combustion in excess of 25 W/cm2 and thermal efficiencies of 80 to 90%. Furthermore, high heat transfer rates allow for short channels and reduced pressure drops. Recent development efforts have focused on obtaining low emissions and improving the combustor/evaporator fabrication process. By using spatially varying stoichiometry inside the combustor, catalyst coated microchannels, and increased coolant temperature, the combustor’s CO and NOx emissions were reduced to below California standards for hot water heaters and boilers. The fabrication process photochemically machines thin metal laminates and then uses diffusion bonding to form a monolithic component. This approach is capable of high fin aspect ratios and can be scaled up for mass production.

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