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Effect of heater diameter on the critical heat flux from horizontal cylinders in pool boiling
Author(s) -
Rao P. K. Mohan,
Andrews D. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450540505
Subject(s) - boiling , critical heat flux , mechanics , heat flux , nucleate boiling , cylinder , materials science , boiling heat transfer , leidenfrost effect , thermodynamics , flux (metallurgy) , heat transfer , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , metallurgy
The characteristic variation of critical heat flux (CHF) with heater diameter in the pool‐boiling of horizontal cylinders is discussed. Critical heat flux expressions have been obtained based on hydrodynamic considerations for saturated pool‐boiling of cylinders and are compared with existing and new data. Experimental studies are reported which verify the postulated mechanics of the boiling process at CHF over a range of cylinder diameters.