Instability of subcooled boiling film on a vertical wall

B. Y. Rubinstein; S. G. Bankoff; S. H. Davis

doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00202-8

Instability of subcooled boiling film on a vertical wall

B. Y. Rubinstein^*, S. G. Bankoff, S. H. Davis

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Abstract

Consider a vertical plate with a leading edge. The temperature of the plate is above the spontaneous nucleation temperature, so that vapor completely covers the plate. Two-dimensional quasi-parallel theory is used to examine the stability of the two-phase system. Numerical calculations show that the main parameter determining the thickness of the vapor film and its stability is the difference between the temperature of the heated vertical plate and the saturation temperature of the liquid. As the thickness of the vapor film is made smaller, the nose of the neutral curve approaches that of the corresponding one-phase liquid. The overall temperature difference between the plate and liquid bulk does not strongly influence stability properties.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4937-4948
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	45
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00202-8
State	Published - Dec 2002
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work was supported by a grant DE-FG02-86ER13641 of the Engineering Research Program of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy.

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Instability of subcooled boiling film on a vertical wall

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