Recent experimentation of boiling in different environments, namely in reduced or enhanced gravity and/or in the presence of electric fields, have shed new light on the comprehension of boiling phenomena and have focused the objectives of future investigation. The recent results achieved by the author and other research groups around the world are reported and discussed in the paper. After a short introduction on some fundamental phenomena and their dependence on force fields, pool, and flow boiling are dealt with. In particular, it is stressed that due to increased coalescence peculiar flow regimes take place in reduced gravity, influencing the heat transfer performance. The application of an electric field may, in some instances, delay or avoid these regime transitions. In boiling at high flowrate, the phenomena are dominated by inertia and thus gravity-independent; however, the threshold at which this occurs has still to be determined.
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Influence of Force Fields and Flow Patterns on Boiling Heat Transfer Performance: A Review
Paolo Di Marco
Paolo Di Marco
LOTHAR, Department of Energy and Systems Engineering,
e-mail: p.dimarco@ing.unipi.it
University of Pisa
, Largo L. Lazzarino 1, 56122 Pisa, Italy
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Paolo Di Marco
LOTHAR, Department of Energy and Systems Engineering,
University of Pisa
, Largo L. Lazzarino 1, 56122 Pisa, Italy
e-mail: p.dimarco@ing.unipi.it
J. Heat Transfer. Mar 2012, 134(3): 030801 (15 pages)
Published Online: January 11, 2012
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Received:
July 26, 2010
Revised:
May 5, 2011
Accepted:
September 8, 2011
Online:
January 11, 2012
Published:
January 11, 2012
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Di Marco, P. (January 11, 2012). "Influence of Force Fields and Flow Patterns on Boiling Heat Transfer Performance: A Review." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. March 2012; 134(3): 030801. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4005146
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