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Unifying the controlling mechanisms for the critical heat flux and quenching: The ability of liquid to contact the hot surface. Part 3, The influence of dry-patch shape and multiple-patch interaction

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10102256
In earlier work, we proposed a hypothesis for the occurrence of critical heat flux (CHF) during pool boiling of saturated liquids. According to this gypothesis, CHF occurs when some portion of the heater surface drives and a local point with this dry patch reaches a critical rewetting temperature, beyond which liquid an no longer contact that point. In this paper, the effects of dry-patch shape and multiple-patch interactions on the critical rewetting temperature have been investigated.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
10102256
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--93-2435; CONF-940809--1; ON: DE93016517
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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