Experiments on nucleate boiling heat transfer with a highly-wetting dielectric fluid. Effects of pressure, subcooling and dissolved gas content

S. M. You, Terrence W Simon, A. Bar-Cohen

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Abstract

Experiments on pool boiling heat transfer in an electronic cooling fluid (Fluorinert, FC-72) are conducted using a 0.51 mm diameter cylindrical heater. The effects of pressure, subcooling and dissolved gas content on nucleate boiling heat transfer are investigated. When boiling with dissolved gas in the bulk fluid, the fluid in the vicinity of the heating element appears to be liberated of dissolved gas by boiling. Thus, boiling under these conditions appears to be similar to subcooled boiling without dissolved gas. Nucleate boiling hysteresis is observed for subcooled and gassy-subcooled situations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)45-52
Number of pages8
JournalAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Volume131
StatePublished - Dec 1 1990
EventParallel and Vector Computation in Heat Transfer - Presented at AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference - Seattle, WA, USA
Duration: Jun 18 1990Jun 20 1990

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