Experiments and homogeneous turbulence model of boiling flowin narrow channels

The boiling heat transfer experiments have been carried out in vertical narrow annular channels with pure water. A two-dimensional homogeneous turbulence model of boiling flow has been developed and solved numerically to yield pressure gradient, and velocity, thermal and turbulence fields, together with local heat transfer coefficient along the length of the tube. Predictions are compared with the data of experiments and agreed well with it. The model results show that the heat transfer coefficient increases as the gap size decreases in annular channels. This model can be used to predict heat transfer of boiling flow in narrow channels.

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