Vertical in-tube boiling of mixtures /

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Main Author: Shatto, Donald Patrick
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:There are many practical applications of convective crofilm Inc. boiling of fluid mixtures in the refrigeration and chemical process industries. It is well-known that most binary mixtures exhibit significantly lower pool boiling heat transfer coefficients than either of the pure components. Though many previous experimental and theoretical studies have examined in-tube flow boiling of pure fluids, aqueous mixtures have received relatively little consideration. In the current study, experiments have been conducted to measure two-phase heat transfer coefficients in vertical (upward) in-tube flow boiling of binary mixtures of methanol and water. Pressure drop and single-phase and subcooled boiling heat transfer data have also been collected and analyzed. This study presents comparisons of the measured two-phase heat transfer coefficients with predictions from two previously-published models of flow boiling in saturated mixtures. A new predictivemethod, based on contemporary models of mass transfer resistance effects, is proposed. The new correlation exhibits better agreement with the current data set than the two previous methods.
Item Description:Vita.
"Major Subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Physical Description:xvii, 229 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-178).