Direct Numerical Simulation of Subcooled Nucleate Pool Boiling

Main Authors: Sreeyuth Lal, Yohei Sato, Bojan Niceno
Format: Article
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2012
Subjects:
CFD
Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/1084484
Daftar Isi:
  • With the long-term objective of Critical Heat Flux (CHF) prediction, a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) framework for simulation of subcooled and saturated nucleate pool boiling is developed. One case of saturated, and three cases of subcooled boiling at different subcooling levels are simulated. Grid refinement study is also reported. Both boiling and condensation phenomena can be computed simultaneously in the proposed numerical framework. Computed bubble detachment diameters of the saturated nucleate pool boiling cases agree well with the experiment. The flow structures around the growing bubble are presented and the accompanying physics is described. The relation between heat flux evolution from the heated wall and the bubble growth is studied, along with investigations of temperature distribution and flow field evolutions.