LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT and MICROLAYER EVAPORATION in NUCLEATE BOILING H H Jawurek
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LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT AND MICROLAYER EVAPORATION IN NUCLEATE BOILING H H Jawurek UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT AND MICROLAYER EVAPORATION IN NUCLEATE BOILING H H JAWUREK A Thesis Presented in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy- August 1977 (ü) DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE I, Harald Hans Jawurek hereby declare that this thesis is my own work and that the material presented herein has not been submitted for any degree at any other university. (iü) ABSTRACT Part 1 of this work provides a broad overview and, where possible, a quantitative assessment of the complex physical processes which together constitute the mechanism of nucleate boiling heat transfer. It is shown that under a wide range of conditions the primary surface-to-liquid heat flows within an area of bubble influence are so redistributed as to manifest themselves predominantly as latent heat transport, that is, as vaporisation into attached bubbles. This and related findings are applied in the derivation of a new pool boiling heat transfer correlation. The correla- tion allows the prediction of boiling curves (q/A versus AT) at any pressure provided that one boiling curve for the same surface-liquid combination is. available as a reference. Part 2 deals in greater detail with one of the component processes of latent heat transport, namely microlayer evapora- tion. A literature review reveals the need for synchronised records of microlayer geometry versus time and of normal bubble growth and departure. An apparatus developed to pro- vide such records is described. High-speed cine interference photography from beneath and through a transparent heating surface provided details of microlayer geometry and an image- reflection system synchronised these records with the bubble profile views. Results are given for methanol and ethanol boiling at sub-atmospheric pressures and at various heat fluxes and bulk subcoolings. In all cases it is found that microlayers were of sub-micron thickness, that microlayer thinning was restricted to the inner layer edge (with the thickness elsewhere remaining constant or increasing with time) and that the contribution of this visible evaporation to the total vapour flow into bubbles was negligible. The observa- tion of thickening towards the outer microlayer edge, however, demonstrates that a liquid replenishment flow occurred simul- taneously with the evaporation process. The effects of such replenishment are investigated by means of a numerical analysis of microlayer heat transfer. The analysis indicates that the net evaporation from the continuously re- plenished microlayers was a significant contributor to the total bubble growth. The optical results of the present study are thus reconciled with the deductions of published surface- thermometry studies. The forces acting on the observed bubbles are analysed and are found to be compatible with a replenishment mechanism. Microlayer interferometry studies founded on published portions of the present study are discussed and controversial results analysed. Civ) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Numerous colleagues, friends and teachers, my employers and members of my family have contributed to this work. I am deeply indebted and grateful to them all. In particular, I offer my warm thanks to Professor C J Rallis for his enthusiasm, advice and encouragement and to Dr W L Grant and the Atomic Energy Board for the approval and funding of this project and of my scholar- ship. I should like to thank Dr G E B Tremeer, Professor A M Starfield and Mr G F de Vries for their help with computing problems, Dr J H Talbot for clarifying certain aspects of laser optics, and Mr D J Maritz for assistance with experimentation and photography. Dr J J Wannenburg made available printing and draughting facilities, Mrs Daphne Germond typed the manuscript with patience and accuracy and Mrs Lana Botes prepared the figures meticulously; i am most grateful to them. Finally my thanks go to my wife, who through her encourage- ment and active involvement contributed greatly to the completion of this study. (v) CONTENTS PACE DECLARATION (ii) ABSTRACT (iii) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (iv) CONTENTS (v) LIST OF FIGURES (xii) LIST OF TABLES (xix") NOMENCLATURE (xxil CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF THESIS 1 1.2 STRUCTURE AND OUTLINE OF THESIS 5 1 .3 UNITS 5 PART 1 LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT 7 CHAPTER 2 THE MECHANISM OF SATURATED POOL BOILING: AN INTERPRETIVE REVIEW 8 2.1 INTRODUCTION 8 2.1.1 Aims and Scope 8 2.1.2 Presentation and Method 9 2.2 INSIGNIFICANT LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT. MICROCONVECTION 10 2.2.1 Early Heat Transfer Correlations Based on Microconvection 20 2.3 FURTHER PROPOSALS ON BUBBLE-INDUCED CONVECTION 23 2.3.1 Area of Bubble Influence 26 2.3.2 The Bulk Convection Mechanism of Ilan and Griffith 29 2.3.3 Thermal Laver Recoverv bv Convection 34 The Bulk Convection Correlation of Mikic and Rohsenow 34 (vi) PAGE 2.4 EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON BUBBLE-INDUCED 38 CONVECTION 2.4.1 Optical Studies 39 2.4.2 Microthennometry Studies 42 2.4.3 Interim Conclusions 45 2.5 BREAKDOWN OF HEAT FLOW IN AREA OF BUBBLE INFLUENCE 46 2.5.1 Summary of Foregoing Sections in Terms of New Nomenclature 50 2.6 LATENT HEAT TRANSPORT 51 2.6.1 First Measurements of (q/A)L„; Rallis et al 52 2.6.2 First Evidence of Microlayer Effects; Moore and Mesler 55 2.6.3 Indirect Evidence of Significant Latent Heat Transport in Subcooled Boiling 57 2.6.4 Bubble Coalescence and Latent Heat Transport Estimates in Saturated Boiling 61 2.6.5 Measurements of Rallis and Jawurek; Water Boiling from Thin Wire 67 2.6.6 Measurement." of Novakovic et al; Bthanol Boiling on Mercury Surface 72 2.6.7 Measurements of van Strålen; Water Boiling from Thin Wire 77 2.6.8 Measurements of Schwartz and Mannes; Water Boiling at Reduced Gravities 83 2.6.9 Measurements of Judd and Merte; Freon Boiling at Normal and Mu]ti-g Accelerations 85 2.6.10 Microlayer Studies and Latent Heat Transport 89 2.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 90 CHAPTER 3 A LATENT-HEAT-BASED CORRELATION OF SATURATED NUCLEATE POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER 96 3.1 INTRODUCTION 96 3.1.1 Basic Approach and Outline 96 3.1.2 Ideal Treatment of Area of Influence Heat Transfer 97 Cvii) PAGE 3.1.3 Bulk Convection Correlations 98 3.1.4 Latent Heat Transport in Area of Bubble Influence 102 3.2 DERIVATION OF NEW CORRELATION 102 3.2.1 Expression for Latent Heat Transport 103 3.2.2 Expression for Total Heat Flux 116 3.3 APPLICATION OF CORRELATION 118 3.4 TESTING OF CORRELATION 119 3.4.1 Test Against High-pressure Water Data of Addoms 119 3.4.2 Test Against Low-pressure Ethanol Data of Bonilla and Perry 124 3.5 CONCLUDING COMMENTS 126 PART 2 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MICROLAYER EVAPORATION 130 CHAPTER 4 FORMULATION OF PROBLEM 131 4.1 INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE 131 4.2 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MICROLAYER STUDIES 132 4.2.1 Local Surface Temperature Measurements 132 4.2.2 Temperature Measurements of Cooper and Lloyd 141 4.2.3 Scale Deposition Technique 147 4.2.4 Optical Reflection Technique 147 4.2.5 Interference Measurements of Sharp 149 4.2.6 Theoretical Predictions of Microlayer Thickness 154 4.3 SUMMARY AND DEFINITION OF PROBLEM 159 CHAPTER 5 BOILING APPARATUS 162 5.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 162 Cvili) PAGE 5. 2 HEATING SURFACE 163 5. 2. 1 Specific Requirements 163 5. 2. 2 Electrically Conducting, Transparent Film on Glass 163 5. 2. 3 Stannic Oxide Films on Glass 164 5. 2. 4 Electrical Contacts: Indium Soldering 166 5. 2. 5 Configuration of Heating Film 169 5. 2. 6 Artificial Nucleation Site 169 5. 2. 7 Electrolytic Corrosion 171 5. 3 BOILING SYSTEM 173 5.,3.,1 Requirements 173 5. 3.,2 Overall Description 173 5.,3.,3 Mounting of Heating Surface 175 5.. 3..4 Tank and Water Jacket , 177 5..4 CONTROL AND MEASUREMENTS (NON-OPTICAL) 179 5..4,.1 Mean Heat Flux from Boiling Surface 179 5,.4,.2 System Pressure 181 5,.4..3 Bulk Temperature of Liquid 182 5,.4,.4 Mean Surface Temperature of Heater 183 CHAPTER 6 OPTICS OF MICROLAYER INTERFEROMETRY AND OPTICAL APPARATUS 186 6 .1 OUTLINE 186 6 .2 OPTICS OF MICROLAYER INTERFEROMETRY 187 6 .2 .1 Basic Concepts 187 6 .2 .2 Optical Analysis 188 6 .3 OPTICAL APPARATUS 197 6 .3 .1 General Requirements 197 6 .3 .2 Overall Description 198 6 .3 .3 Interference Beam Light Source and Image at Pinhole 198 6.3.4 Imperfect Collimation and Monochromaticity 203 6.3.5 Interference Beam Filters and Mirrors 212 (ix) PAGE 6.3.6 Bubble Profile: Illumination, Image Deflection and Distortion 213 6.3.7 High-speed Camera and Lens 214 6.3.8 Adjustment of System 215 CHAPTER 7 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE AND DATA PROCESSING 218 7.1 OUTLINE 218 7.2 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 218 7.2.1 Establishing of Boiling Conditions 218 7.2.2 Final Preparations on Optical System 220 7.2.3 Execution of Run 220 7.3 DATA PROCESSING 221 7.5.1 Transcription of Optical Data 221 7.3.2 Time Base and Print Magnification 224 7.3.3 Microlayer Geometry: Analysis of Inter- ference Patterns 225 7.3.4 Bubble Volume 231 7.3.5 Dimensions Characterising Bubble Shape 233 7.5.6 Heat Transfer Parameters 234 CHAPTER 8 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 235 8.1 AIMS AND OUTLINE 235 8.2 TEST CONDITIONS 236 8.2.1 Heat Flux, Temperature and Pressure 236 8.2.2 Overall Bubble Behaviour 237 8.2.3 Bubble Involution and the Formation of Secondary Bubbles 8.3 ACCURACY OF REPORTED DATA 244 8.4 RESULTS 246 8.4.1 Methanol Runs M10 and M13 246 8.4.2 Methanol Runs M14, M19 and M20 252 8.4.3 Ethanol Runs E8 and E12 - 267 8.5 CONTRIBUTION OF VISIBLE MICROLAYER EVAPORATION TO BUBBLE VOLUME 267 8.6 COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND PREDICTED MICROLAYER THICKNESSES 280 (x) PAGE CHAPTER 9 DISCUSSION 282 9.