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Identification of pool boiling heat transfer mechanisms in FC-72 using a single-photo method

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OSTI ID:100876
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  1. Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

A unique method to determine the vapor flow rate above a boiling cylinder utilizing a single photograph is developed and discussed. This method is applied to a 75-{micro}m wire immersed in a saturated, highly wetting liquid (FC-72) to determine bubble departure diameter, frequency, and nucleation site density. Using the experimental results, an analysis is performed to evaluate individual heat flux contributions of the four pool boiling mechanisms: latent heat, natural convection, Marangoni flow, and micro-convection. Latent heat is identified as the dominant mechanism throughout most of the nucleate boiling regime.

OSTI ID:
100876
Report Number(s):
CONF-950116--; ISBN 0-7918-1296-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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