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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 65, 2014 - Issue 7
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Numerical Investigation of Saturated Flow Boiling in Microchannels by the Lattice Boltzmann Method

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Pages 644-661 | Received 24 May 2013, Accepted 22 Jul 2013, Published online: 10 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

Bubble formation in saturated flow boiling in 2D microchannels, generated from a microheater under constant wall heat flux or constant wall temperature conditions, is studied numerically based on a newly developed lattice Boltzmann model for liquid-vapor phase change. Simulations are carried out to study effects of inlet velocity, contact angle, and heater size on saturated flow boiling of water under constant wall heat flux conditions. Important information, such as effects of static contact angle on nucleation time and nucleation temperature, which was unable to be obtained by other numerical simulation methods, is obtained. Furthermore, effects of inlet velocity, contact angle, and superheat on nucleate boiling heat transfer in steady flow boiling of water under constant wall temperature conditions are also presented. It is found that the nucleate boiling heat transfer at the microheater is higher if the heater surface is more hydrophilic, because the superheated vapor at the hydrophilic wall has a thinner thermal boundary layer and a larger thermal conductivity.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China through grant no. 51036005, and the EU International Research Exchange Staff Scheme (IRSES) project “EU FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES 294905.”

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