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Title: A theoretical prediction of critical heat flux in saturated pool boiling during power transients

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OSTI ID:6291531

Understanding and predicting critical heat flux (CHF) behavior during steady-state and transient conditions is of fundamental interest in the design, operation, and safety of boiling and two-phase flow devices. Presented within this paper are the results of a comprehensive theoretical study specifically conducted to model transient CHF behavior in saturated pool boiling. Thermal energy conduction within a heating element and its influence on the CHF are also discussed. The resultant theory provides new insight into the basic physics of the CHF phenomenon and indicates favorable agreement with the experimental data from cylindrical heaters with small radii. However, the flat-ribbon heater data compared poorly with the present theory, although the general trend was predicted. Finally, various factors that affect the discrepency between the data and the theory are listed.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); University of Central Florida, Orlando (USA). Coll. of Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6291531
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-87-117; CONF-870816-4; ON: DE87005109
Resource Relation:
Conference: 24. national heat transfer conference and exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 9 Aug 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English