Stability of nucleation sites in pool boiling

A study was carried out to observe bubble nucleation and site deactivation mechanisms under equilibrium pool boiling of liquids on single sites. The experiments were conducted with benzene, ethanol, and their mixtures on single sites made of glass. These mechanisms were filmed using a cine camera as the temperature of the boiling liquid was decreased in programmed steps. The experiments showed that the deactivation of a bubble nucleation site in the surface occurred by progressive condensation of vapor within it until the volume of vapor became equal to or smaller than the volume of a spherical bubble of diameter equal to that of the site. Based upon these experimental observations, a site deactivation mechanism is proposed for heterogeneous pool boiling and stability criteria are developed for single cylindrical cavities. The effect of relevant parameters on depth-to-diameter ratio of the sites is also determined.     

微米线结构表面的过冷流动沸腾实验研究

以去离子水为工质,配合高速摄像观测,研究了截面为0.5 mm×5 mm的微细窄矩形通道内氧化锌微米线结构表面的竖直流动过冷沸腾。流量范围200~400 kg·m^-2·s^-1,过冷度为10 K,热流密度最高为200 kW·m^-2。分析了不同工况下过冷沸腾的沸腾曲线、平均换热系数、局部换热系数和流型特征。     

Experimental investigation on flow boiling bubble motion under ultrasonic field in vertical minichannel by using bubble tracking algorithm

Bubble dynamics is important in flow boiling of minichannel, and ultrasonic field effects bubble behaviors. However, flow boiling bubble movements in minichannels under ultrasonic field have received little research attention and are still poorly understood. In this paper, the effects of ultrasonic field on bubble dynamics are experimentally studied by capturing the bubble motion behaviors of the flow boiling bubbles. The ultrasonic frequencies are set to 23, 28, 32, and 40 kHz. Bubble tracking algorithm, which studies the growth, trajectories, velocities, and traveled distances for bubbles, is created to qualitatively describe bubble motion behavior of flow boiling in minichannel. It is found that after the application of ultrasound, the detachment frequency, velocity, and travel distance of the bubbles significantly increases, and the growth behavior and trajectory are extremely complex, the two-phase gas-liquid flow is extremely unstable. The bubbles gain kinetic energy as the ultrasound frequency increases. Finally, numerical simulations are used to quantitatively investigate the mechanism of bubble motion in microchannels under ultrasonic fields.     

Moving‐boundary analysis of net vapor generation point in a steam generator

This paper deals with the study of the dynamics of net vapor generation point in the boiling channel of the steam generator of Kaiga‐1 nuclear power plant. The dynamics has been studied by perturbing liquid velocity at the inlet of boiling channel with a step function and heating rate with a ramp function. Both finite volume method (FVM) and finite difference method (FDM) have been applied to solve the model equations that have been developed to predict boiling boundary. The effect of thermal non‐equilibrium conditions on subcooled boiling has been taken into consideration. A comparative study of the two methods has been carried out based on the analytical solution of the equations. The study shows that at higher system frequency, increasing number of computational grids increase the accuracy of numerical solutions using FVM while FDM fails to achieve the same. The superiority of FVM over FDM for the problem has also been confirmed by grid convergence analysis. An attempt has also been made to find the analytical solution of the effect of change of heat input on boiling boundary, which is an essential part of computations for the simulation of startup and shutdown of the steam generator. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

颗粒多孔层在真空状态下的沸腾两相流与传热

在前文［１］实验研究的基础上，利用带液池的多孔壁微热虹吸蒸发段模型，对颗粒多孔薄层在真空状态下的沸腾两相流与传热进行了分析，综合实验数据，建立了传热关联式。     

常压下液氮窄缝池沸腾实验研究

采用玻璃钢 (FRP)制成的矩形窄缝 ,对三种不同的间隙尺寸 ,分加热面与水平面呈 0°,4 5°,90°,135°,180°五种角度 ,以液氮为工质进行了 15组池沸腾实验。得出结论 :液氮在窄缝中的沸腾传热有明显的强化换热效果 ;加热面所处角度不同 ,在相同热负荷下壁面过热度亦不同 ,滑移汽泡和微液膜蒸发机理在通道中发挥的作用也相应不同。该研究对于有限空间传热强化的机理和实际应用都有一定的参考价值和指导意义。     

双组分混合物沸腾换热的理论研究

本文利用动态微液层模型对双组分混合物的沸腾换热现象进行了理论预测。本模型认为沸腾换热的机理主要是由于在气泡的周期生长过程中所形成微液层的蒸发。模型中考虑了气泡生长过程中液体传质的影响,给出了气泡生长过程中传热面上气-液-固接触的动态构造,计算结果与实验结果能够较好的符合。     

Dynamic instabilities of boiling two-phase flow in a single horizontal channel

Dynamic instabilities of two-phase flow associated with refrigerant R-11 in a uniformly heated horizontal in-tube boiling system were experimentally investigated. An experimental setup was designed and built to work in a wide range of mass fluxes G [75–1050 kg/(m² s)], heat fluxes q (0–100 kW/m²), and fluid inlet temperatures T_inlet (2–24°C). Dynamic instability data were obtained under various working conditions. The dependence of oscillation amplitude and period on system parameters is discussed, and the boundaries of various oscillations are located on the steady-state characteristic curves.     

一个新的核态沸腾汽泡动力学模型

本文在经典汽泡动力学理论基础上，提出了描述汽泡生长过程的综合界面模型．本模型的核心在于汽泡内部的热力学过程的详细分析及汽液界面的传热、传质过程的详细描述．并对汽泡生长过程进行了模拟计算，给出了动力学控制阶段的时间范围．本模型对汽泡生长、汽膜发展的理论分析及数值模拟提供了良好的基础．