Vladimir Zhukov
Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia
Title: The Effect of the height of the horizontal layer of a liquid and pressure on hydrodynamic regimes of evaporation/boiling and critical heat flux
Biography
Biography: Vladimir Zhukov
Abstract
Evaporation regimes at low reduced pressures were characterized by formation of dry spots and structures with the shape of ‘‘funnels” (depressions with a hemispherical bottom on the layer surface) and ‘‘craters” in the layers. In contrast to dry spots, the surface of ‘‘craters” is covered with a residual layer of liquid. The structures with the shape of “funnels” and “craters” were formed on the layer surface under the action of vapor recoil force. This study presents regime maps indicating the regions of dry spots, ‘‘funnels”, ‘‘craters”, and nucleate boiling observed for each layer height depending on the reduced pressure and heat flux density. Dry spots occurred in the layer with the height less than Laplace constant under reduced pressure that was caused by the action of thermo-capillary forces. When the layer height was approximately equal to Laplace constant at low reduced pressures, instability arose, and that led to the formation of “funnels” and “craters”. The “funnels” will be certain to form because of the intensive evaporation of the overheated fluid if the thermal plume rises to the free surface of the horizontal layer. The minimum layer height will be approximately equal to Laplace constant in case it is the reason of instability causing thermal plumes formation at the outer edge of the boundary film layer. We observed three types of boiling crises: a nucleate boiling crisis, a crisis of surface dryout, and a crisis due to the Leidenfrost phenomenon.