Percolative Scale-Free Behavior in the Boiling Crisis
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Author(s)
Zhang, Limiao
Seong, Jee Hyun
Bucci, Matteo
Date Issued
April 5, 2019
Journal
Physical review letters
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Citation
Zhang, Limiao , Jee Hyun Seong, and Matteo Bucci. "Percolative Scale-Free Behavior in the Boiling Crisis." Physical review letters 122 (2019):134501 © 2019 The Author(s)
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Abstract
We present the first experimental observations of scale-free behavior in the bubble footprint distribution during the boiling crisis of water, in pool and flow boiling conditions. We formulate a continuum percolation model that elucidates how the scale-free behavior emerges from the near-wall stochastic interaction of bubbles and provides a criterion to predict the boiling crisis. It also offers useful insights on how to engineer surfaces that enhance the critical heat flux limit.
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General Physics and Astronomy
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.134501
