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Film Boiling on a Horizontal Plate

Journal Article · · ARS Journal
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2514/8.6067· OSTI ID:4792005
>Film boiling is studied for water and Freon-11 (CCl₃F) at atmospheric pressure on a flat horizontal aluminum heating surface 8 in. square. High speed motion pictures were taken from which interbubble distances, bubble periods, breakoff diameters, and geometric arrangement of bubbles were determined. The results show that the minimum heat flux in film boiling from a horizontal surface is definitely a type of Taylor hydrodynamic instability. A new experimental technique was developed for obtaining film boiling on a large area without the necessity of using huge heat fluxes to go over the peak of the boiling curve. Once film boiling was established, the film boiling region could be traversed by changing the heat output from the gas burner beneath the slab. (auth)
Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-16-016508
OSTI ID:
4792005
Journal Information:
ARS Journal, Journal Name: ARS Journal Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 32; ISSN 1936-9972
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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