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Suppression of flow boiling nucleation.

Author(s) : THORNCROFT G. E., KLAUSNER J. F., MEI R.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A simple model is presented for estimating the ratio of the maximum to minimum cavity radius required for ebullition in two-phase flow with the heat transfer. Although the suppression of nucleation sites also depends, to a certain extent, on the surface/fluid combination and heat flux, it is found that complete suppression occurs for ratio ranging from 40 to 120. This is proposed as a criterion to discriminate the purely convective regime from the nucleate boiling regime.

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  • Original title: Suppression of flow boiling nucleation.
  • Record ID : 1998-2766
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. Heat Transf. - vol. 119 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1997/08
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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