Experimental Investigations on Boiling Heat Transfer Inside Miniature Circular Tubes Immersed in FC-72

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-04-14
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Toinvestigatethesizeeffectonthecharacteristicsofboilingheattransfer,boilingbehaviorofFC-72inheatedverticalminiaturecirculartubesimmersedinaliquidpoolwasexperimentallystudied.TwoAISI304stainlesssteeltubeswithinnerdiametersof1.10mmand1.55mmcorrespondingly,wereheatedbyswirledNi-CrwireheatersandsealedinLuciteblocksbysiliconadhesive.Boththetopandthebottomendsofthecirculartestsectionswereopentotheliquidpool.Theboilingcurvesandheattransfercoefficientswereobtainedexperimentally.Theboilingbehaviorsattheoutletsoftheminiaturetubeswerealsovisualizedwithadigitalvideocamera.Experimentalresultsshowthatthetubegeometryhasasignificanteffectontheboilingcharacteristics.Vaporblockingattheoutletofthesmallercirculartubewithadiameterof1.10mmcausedsevereboilinghysteresisphenomena.TheCHFdecreasedwithreducingintubesize.