KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU, Vol.32, No.2, 163-166, 2006
Heat transfer enhancement in saturated pool nucleate boiling using a heating surface with a one-screwed fin fitted with a flat plate
To promote heat transfer in saturated pool nucleate boiling, a one-screwed fin fitted with a flat plate was installed on a horizontally flat heating surface. As a result, the screw division on the heating surface supplied bubble nuclei, and flat plate on the top of the screwed fin contributed to the liquid-agitating effect of vapor bubbles. Through these effects, the nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient of the heating surface with the one-screwed fin fitted with a flat plate was enhanced up to 5.8 times in comparison with that of a horizontally flat heating surface. Within the range of experimental conditions employed, a dimensionless arrangement was obtained for the saturated pool nucleate boiling heat transfer using the heating surface with one-screwed fin fitted with a flat plate.
Keywords:nucleate boiling;heat transfer enhancement;screwed fin;flat plate;dimensionless arrangement