Condensation of vapor bubble in subcooled pool

K. Horiuchi; Y. Koiwa; T. Kaneko; I. Ueno

doi:10.1117/12.2271288

20 February 2017 Condensation of vapor bubble in subcooled pool

K. Horiuchi, Y. Koiwa, T. Kaneko, I. Ueno

Proceedings Volume 10328, Selected Papers from the 31st International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics; 103281A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271288
Event: 31st International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics, 2016, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

We focus on condensation process of vapor bubble exposed to a pooled liquid of subcooled conditions. Two different geometries are employed in the present research; one is the evaporation on the heated surface, that is, subcooled pool boiling, and the other the injection of vapor into the subcooled pool. The test fluid is water, and all series of the experiments are conducted under the atmospheric pressure condition. The degree of subcooling is ranged from 10 to 40 K. Through the boiling experiment, unique phenomenon known as microbubble emission boiling (MEB) is introduced; this phenomenon realizes heat flux about 10 times higher than the critical heat flux. Condensation of the vapor bubble is the key phenomenon to supply ambient cold liquid to the heated surface. In order to understand the condensing process in the MEB, we prepare vapor in the vapor generator instead of the evaporation on the heated surface, and inject the vapor to expose the vapor bubble to the subcooled liquid. Special attention is paid to the dynamics of the vapor bubble detected by the high-speed video camera, and on the enhancement of the heat transfer due to the variation of interface area driven by the condensation.

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K. Horiuchi, Y. Koiwa, T. Kaneko, and I. Ueno "Condensation of vapor bubble in subcooled pool", Proc. SPIE 10328, Selected Papers from the 31st International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics, 103281A (20 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271288

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