Journal article
An experimental study of the two-phase flow adjacent to a wire in nucleate boiling under an electric field
Experimental heat transfer, Vol.13(2), pp.107-123
2000
DOI: 10.1080/089161500269490
Abstract
An experimental study of the two-phase flow near a heated wire in nucleate pool boiling is presented. A nonuniform electric field of cylindrical geometry was imposed to the heater. The two-phase flow parameters were measured using specifically developed local phase-detection optical probes. The study includes experiments varying the vertical distance from the heater (z) and measurements of the void fraction and the impact rate in a plane perpendicular to the heater (y-z). The results show that the void fraction decreases with applied voltage and with z. The dependence of the void fraction and the impact rate with heat flux is complex, with a strong decrement in the impact rate and void fraction near the critical heat flux when voltage is applied. The maximum void fraction and impact rate move from the vertical centerline (z) to a position 3 heater radii away.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An experimental study of the two-phase flow adjacent to a wire in nucleate boiling under an electric field
- Creators
- V. P MASSON - Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, ArgentinaP. M CARRICA - Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Experimental heat transfer, Vol.13(2), pp.107-123
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis; Philadelphia, PA
- DOI
- 10.1080/089161500269490
- ISSN
- 0891-6152
- eISSN
- 1521-0480
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2000
- Academic Unit
- IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984064596002771
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