Journal
EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE
Volume 51, Issue -, Pages 164-173Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.07.011
Keywords
Nucleate pool boiling; Ethane/isobutane; Mixtures; Visualization; Bubble behaviors
Funding
- National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [50890183]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB710701]
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Visualization experiments were carried out to investigate the nucleate pool boiling heat transfer characteristics of ethane, isobutane and their binary mixtures on a horizontal flat surface. Extensive experimental heat transfer coefficient data were obtained under various pressures of 0.1 MPa, 0.3 MPa and 0.5 MPa for pure substances and 0.3 MPa for mixtures. The measurements were performed under heat fluxes from 20 kW/m(2) to 150 kW/m(2) at a descending heat flux procedure. For binary mixtures, the pool boiling data were measured covering the whole concentration range. Obvious heat transfer coefficient reduction for mixtures was found. Various empirical correlations were screened out for comparison. The accuracy for those correlations varied considerably with mixture concentrations and measurement conditions. The bubble departure diameter and frequency for pure substances and mixtures were also carefully observed. Increasing heat flux can obviously increase the bubble departure diameter and frequency for both pure refrigerants and mixtures. But the mixture effect shows non-linear influence on the bubble size and departure frequency, which varies distinctly with mixture concentrations. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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