Studies in Saturated Pool Boiling of Water

Abstract

A photographic study of saturated nucleate pool boiling of water on horizontally mounted wires and tubes was carried out. The effects of the diameter of the heating surface, system pressure and heat flux upon the bubble diameter at departure from the heating surface were investigated. Five platinum wires and two platinum tubes were used at a range of pressures. Departure diameter of more than 1.800 discrete bubbles was measured at various heat fluxes. An empirical expression is proposed to correlate bubble diameters in saturated nucleate pool boiling of water at all pressures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0738825

Entities

People

  • Shivam Garg

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Electrical Resistance
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Power Supplies
  • Roughness
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Conductivity

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.