This paper presents a new numerical model, called the CAS model, for boiling heat transfer. The CAS model is based on the cellular automata (CA) technique that is integrated into the popular SIMPLER algorithm for CFD problems. In the model, the CA technique deals with the microscopic nonlinear dynamic interactions of bubbles while the traditional CFD algorithm is used to determine macroscopic s...

This work describes an improved design for a nuclear fuel rod, which was developed using an experimental circuit that simulates the nuclear rod environment in a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The heat exchanger circuit runs atmospheric to high-pressure boiling water through an annular finned tube (153 fins), which is used to enhance confined heat transfer rates and guide the nucleate boiling ...

Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer coefficients of Al2O3-water and TiO2-water nanofluids have been experimentally measured on three horizontal tubes with different materials and similar roughness under atmospheric pressure. Results revealed that the presence of nanoparticles in the base fluid leads to an increase in pool boiling heat transfer coefficients on stainless steel and brass tubes in ...

A high power electronic chip was simulated experimentally to investigate upper cooling capabilities using a variety of pool boiling enhancement techniques. Parametric effects of system pressure, subcooling, surface augmentation, and choice of coolant on boiling heat transfer from a vertical 12.7'x 12.7 mm flat surface were examined. The two fluorocarbon coolants tested, FC-72 and FC-87, resulte...

BACKGROUND GCSB-5, an herbal drug composition with an anti-inflammatory effect, is prepared by boiling, which is the most common herbal extraction method in traditional Korean medicine. Several parameters are involved in the process, i.e., extractant type, herb-to-extractant ratio, extraction temperature and pressure, and total boiling time. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the...

The heat flux predictions of six different models proposed to explain the nucleate boiling phenomenon are compared with the corresponding heat flux measurements at the same levels of subcooling and acceleration. It is shown that none of these models can adequately predict nucleate boiling heat flux for other than saturated boiling conditions at standard gravity and that all of the models agree ...

We fabricated triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) pentacene organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) by inkjet printing method and investigated their electrical properties. The film morphology of TIPS pentacene layer and the field-effect mobility of OTFTs were greatly affected by choice of the solvent which TIPS pentacene was dissolved in. Especially the boiling point of a solvent was a critical factor that ...

Nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficients may be strongly reduced by scale formation, even for conditions where the bulk foulant concentration is well below the saturation concentration. Due to the mechanism of micro-layer evaporation, the local concentration at the heat transfer surface can be considerably increased, causing the formation of scale and changes in bubble frequency and bubble d...