A simple forced convection film boiling model

P. R. Chappidi, F. S. Gunnerson, K. O. Pasamehmetoglu

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Abstract

A simple analysis of the steady laminar forced convection film boiling flow over a horizontal flat plate is presented. A novel analogy drawn between the mobile liquid-vapor interface in forced convection film boiling and a moving surface in a flowing single-phase fluid enables a simple analysis of this complex flow. As a result, easy to apply closed-form expressions to predict theoretical wall heat transfer and skin friction are obtained, circumventing the need for previous complex analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-270
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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