TY - JOUR
T1 - On the relationship between the macrolayer thickness and the vapor-stem diameter in the high-heat-flux, pool nucleate boiling region
AU - Chappidi, P. R.
AU - Unal, C.
AU - Pasamehmetoglu, K. O.
AU - Nelson, R. A.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - The authors consider the high-heat-flux, pool nucleate boiling region of a horizontal surface and propose a theoretical basis for estimating the constant of proportionality between the mean macrolayer thickness and the mean vapor-stem diameter at critical heat flux. This constant is found to be of the same order of magnitude (-10% difference) as that suggested by Gaertner [5]. While Gaertner's estimate is based on photographic evidence, the current approach uses a theoretical basis together with experimental data.
AB - The authors consider the high-heat-flux, pool nucleate boiling region of a horizontal surface and propose a theoretical basis for estimating the constant of proportionality between the mean macrolayer thickness and the mean vapor-stem diameter at critical heat flux. This constant is found to be of the same order of magnitude (-10% difference) as that suggested by Gaertner [5]. While Gaertner's estimate is based on photographic evidence, the current approach uses a theoretical basis together with experimental data.
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U2 - 10.1016/0735-1933(91)90044-5
DO - 10.1016/0735-1933(91)90044-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44949281894
SN - 0735-1933
VL - 18
SP - 195
EP - 205
JO - International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
IS - 2
ER -