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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.107121
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Condensation; Coalescence process; Bubbles behavior; Mass and heat transfer; Temperature gradient
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Numerical studies were conducted to investigate the condensation behavior of single and multiple bubbles in subcooled boiling flow. The results showed that factors such as bubble size, liquid subcooling, and flow velocity significantly affect the bubble deformation behavior and condensation rate. Interaction between bubbles in multiple bubble systems led to more complex dynamic condensation behavior compared to single bubbles.
Numerical studies are performed to investigate the condensation behavior of single and multiple bubbles in subcooled boiling flow. An open-source code is developed to model the dynamic behavior of the bubbles in realtime. The Newtonian flow is considered and relative equations are solved employing a coupled Level Set (LS) and Volume of Fluid (VOF) method known as CLSVOF model according to the Pressure Implicit with Splitting of Operators (PISO) algorithm. Initially, the numerical findings were compared and verified by available experimental data. The result of a single bubble condensation revealed that the initial bubble size, the subcooling of liquid, and the velocity of the flow not only significantly affect the bubble deformation behavior, but also the rate of condensation. For multiple bubbles, the results revealed that due to interaction between bubbles, bubbles' dynamic condensation behavior is more complex compared to a single one. Due to this interaction, it is found that the rate of bubble condemnation and condensation process vary. Furthermore, the effects of the gradient velocity, gradient temperature, and gap between multiple bubbles on the rate of mass transfer through the condensation are studied. A critical gap between multiple bubbles is introduced. It is found that when (H* = H/D >= 2) for different bubble diameters, the effect of bubbles interaction can be ignored. Here H* is a dimensionless gap of center-to-center of bubbles.
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