Film boiling on vertical surfaces

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1972

Abstract

Film boiling of a saturated liquid on a vertical surface is analyzed to determine the local heat-transfer rates as a function of height and heater-surface superheat. Experiments show that the laminar-flow model is inadequate. A turbulent-vapor-flow model is used, and the influence of the interfacial oscillations is incorporated on a semiempirical basis. Measurements of local film boiling were obtained with a transient technique using saturated liquid nitrogen. © 1972 by ASME.

Publication Title

Journal of Heat Transfer

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