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Bubble-induced oscillating flow in microbubble emission boiling under highly subcooled conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2023

Jiguo Tang Open the ORCID record for Jiguo Tang [Opens in a new window] ,
Xiao Li ,
Lingmiao Xu  and
Licheng Sun
Jiguo Tang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
Xiao Li
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
Lingmiao Xu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
Licheng Sun
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

Microbubble emission boiling (MEB), a phenomenon that occurs under highly subcooled boiling conditions, can achieve a high heat flux beyond critical heat flux. MEB has been observed to differ from nucleate boiling and is always accompanied by the emission of microbubbles from an oscillating bubble. The heat transfer mechanism of MEB differs from that of nucleate boiling and remains elusive. In this study, we measure the behaviour of a vapour bubble and its induced liquid flow simultaneously during subcooled boiling using the high-speed two-phase particle image velocimetry method. Different from nucleate boiling, we observe a rapid oscillating flow outside the bubble that constantly attaches on the heating surface in MEB. The spatially and temporally averaged velocity magnitude values under this oscillating flow, and their dependency on liquid subcooling and heat flux, are quantified. Then we derive a scaling law for the heat transfer of MEB as a function of Péclet and Jacob numbers. With such correlations, we suggest that the oscillating flow induced by bubble oscillations is important to MEB, thus elucidating a different heat transport process from nucleate boiling.

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Drops and Bubbles: Boiling Phase change: Condensation/evaporation Drops and Bubbles: Bubble dynamics
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 962 , 10 May 2023 , A15
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Tang et al. Supplementary Movie 1

Bubble behavior and the induced liquid flow in nucleate boiling at high heat flux

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Bubble behavior and the induced liquid flow in MEB

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