A corresponding-states correlation for predicting the critical heat flux (CHF) in pool boiling conditions is proposed, and only requires knowledge of physical property constants fluid at any temperature: molar mass, temperature, pressure, Pitzer acentric factor. If a fourth corresponding equation state (EoS) parameter added, more accurate CHF obtained matches Kutateladze–Zuber prediction within...

1359-4311/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.07.016 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 4422574680; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (A.R. Balakrishna This paper reports a study of heat transfer in the post-critical heat flux (post-CHF) regime under forced convective upflow conditions in a uniformly heated vertical tube of 12.7 mm internal diameter and ...