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http://dx.doi.org/10.6112/kscfe.2011.16.2.088

TRANSIENT SIMULATION OF SUBCOOLED ONSET OF NUCLEATE BOILING IN A MICRO-CHANNEL  

Lee, H.J. (국민대학교 기계시스템공학부)
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Journal of computational fluids engineering / v.16, no.2, 2011 , pp. 88-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
A numerical study of subcooled onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) in a micro-channel under pulsed heating using volume of fluids (VOF) model was conducted. The VOF simulation adopting the existing experimental condition is compared to the experimental data. The time to ONB was determined when the void fraction at the microheater surface first appeared. The theoretical superheat for homogeneous nucleation relatively predicts the transient ONB results of convective flow of water well based on local temperature distribution. It was found that once heat load increases at the heater, transient flow boiling starts to occur faster.
Keywords
Transient; Nucleate Boiling; Micro-channel; Volume Of Fluids(VOF); Correlation;
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