A numerical study of quasi-nucleate boiling in mini- and micro channels

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008

Volumn , Issue PART A, 2008, Pages 585-591

  Zu, Y Q ^a   Yan, Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FREQUENCY; BUBBLE GROWTH; CFD SOFTWARES; CHANNEL HEIGHT; D-CHANNEL; DEPARTURE DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BEHAVIORS; HEATED WALL; MASS FLOW; MINI/MICRO-CHANNEL; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; TUBE WALLS; VAPOUR BUBBLES; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INLET FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77952611171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2008-62112     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. Bao, Z. Y., et al. (2000), Flow boiling heat transfer of Freon RIl and HCFC123 in narrow passages, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 43, 3347-3358. (Pubitemid 30480566)
2. Cheng, L., and D. Mewes (2006), Review of two-phase flow and flow boiling of mixtures in small and mini channels, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 32, 183-207. (Pubitemid 43144838)
3. Choi, K.-I., et al., (2007), Boiling heat transfer of R-22, R-134a, and CO2 in horizontal smooth minichannels, International Journal of Refrigeration, 30, 1336-1346. (Pubitemid 350184141)
4. Cole, R., and W. Rohsenow (1969), Correlation of bubble departure aiameters for boiling of saturated liquids, Chemical Engineering Progress, 65, 211-213.
5. Dhir, V. K. (1998), Boiling heat transfer, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 30, 365-401.
6. Dhir, V. K. (2006), Mechanistic prediction of nucleate boiling heat transfer - Achievable or a hopeless task?, Journal of Heat Transfer - Transactions of the ASME, 128, 1-12.
7. Fritz, W. (1935), Maximum volume of vapor bubbles, Physik Zeitschr, 36, 379-384.
8. Geisler, K. (2007), Buoyancy-Driven Two Phase Flow and Boiling Heat Transfer in Narrow Vertical Channels, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota.
9. Hinze, J. O. (1975), Turbulence, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York.
10. Kandikar, S. G. (1991), Development of a flow boiling map for subcooled and saturated flow boiling of different fluids inside circular tubes, Journal of Heat Transfer - Transactions of the ASME, 113, 190-200.
11. Kandlikar, S. G. (1998), Boiling heat transfer with binary mixtures: Part I - Theoretical model for pool boiling, Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 120, 380-387.
12. Kattan, N., et al. (1998a), Flow boiling in horizontal tubes: Part 1 - Development of a diabatic two-phase flow pattern map, Journal of Heat Transfer - Transactions of the ASME, 120, 140-147. (Pubitemid 28281704)
13. Kattan, N., et al. (1998b), Flow boiling in horizontal tubes: Part 2 - New heat transfer data for five refrigerants, Journal of Heat Transfer - Transactions of the ASME, 120, 148-155.
14. Kattan, N., et al. (1998c), Flow boiling in horizontal tubes: Part 3 - Development of a new heat transfer model based on flow pattern, Journal of Heat Transfer - Transactions of the ASME, 120, 156-165.
15. Kocamustafaogullari, G. (1983), Pressure-Dependence of bubble departure aiameter for water, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 10, 501-509.
16. Malenkov, I. G. (1971), Detachment frequency as a function of size for vapor bubbles, Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 20, 988-994.
17. Rohsenow, W. M. (1971), Boiling, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 3, 211-&.
18. Sateesh, G., et al. (2005), Analysis of pool boiling heat transfer: effect of bubbles sliding on the heating surface, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48, 1543-1553. (Pubitemid 40318780)
19. Tran, T. N., et al. (1996), Small circular- and rectangular-channel boiling with two refrigerants, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 22, 485-498.
20. Yan, Y. Y., and T. F. Lin (1998), Evaporation heat transfer and pressure drop of refrigerant R-134a in a small pipe, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 41, 4183-4194.
21. Yun, R., et al. (2005), Convective boiling heat transfer characteristics of CO2 in microchannels, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48, 235-242. (Pubitemid 39553996)
22. Zhang, W., et al. (2004), Correlation for flow boiling heat transfer in mini-channels, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 47, 5749-5763. (Pubitemid 39393888)