Experimental Study on Local Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in a Vertical Mini-Gap Channel
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Li, Jun-ye; Zhou, Kan; Li, Wei; Feng, Zhao-zan; Coyle, Carolyn P.; Buongiorno, Jacopo; McKrell, Thomas J.; ... Show more Show less
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An experimental study of subcooled flow boiling in a high-aspect-ratio, one-sided heating rectangular mini-gap channel was conducted using deionized water. The local heat transfer coefficient, onset of nucleate boiling, and flow pattern of subcooled boiling were investigated. The influence of heat flux and mass flux were studied with the aid of a high-speed camera. The results show that the flow pattern was mainly isolated bubbly flow when the narrow microchannel was placed vertically. The bubbles generated at lower mass fluxes were larger and did not easily depart, forming elongated bubbly flow and flowing upstream. The thin film evaporation mechanism dominated the entire test section due to the elongated bubbles and transient local dryout as well as rewet. The local heat transfer coefficient near the exit of the test section was larger.
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2016-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and EngineeringJournal
ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
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ASME International
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Li, Jun-ye, Zhao-zan Feng, Carolyn Coyle, Thomas J. McKrell, Jacopo Buongiorno, Kan Zhou, and Wei Li. “Experimental Study on Local Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in a Vertical Mini-Gap Channel.” ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (July 10, 2016), Washington, DC, USA, ASME. © 2016 by ASME
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978-0-7918-5034-3