Investigations on the propagation of free surface boiling in a vertical superheated liquid column

Das, PK and Bhat, GS and Arakeri, VH (1987) Investigations on the propagation of free surface boiling in a vertical superheated liquid column. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 30 (4). pp. 631-638.

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Abstract

Some experimental studies on boiling propagation in a suddenly depressurized superheated vertical liquid column are reported. The propagation velocity of this phase change has been measured using an optical method. This velocity is strongly dependent on liquid superheat, liquid purity and test section size. The measured velocities of less than 5 ms−1 are significantly lower than the sonic velocity. Present observations suggest that the dominant mechanism for boiling propagation is convection.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the Elsevier.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	08 May 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:44
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13891

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