Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Numerical Simulation of Pool Boiling on a Grooved Horizontal Surface

Authors
saman ramezani 1
shahram talebi 2
1 Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
2 department of mechanical engineering-yazd university-yazd-iran
10.30506/ijmep.2022.543011.1835
Abstract
Boiling is used in processes with high heat transfer rate given the large amount of heat flux involved in the phenomenon. Devising a groove on the surface can improve the bubble formation and increase the heat transfer of the boiling. Accordingly, the pool boiling phenomenon on a horizontal surface is numerically simulated using the Eulerian-Eulerian method in this study. Four surfaces: smooth, with rectangular groove, with triangular groove, and with circular groove are examined to this end. Numerical simulation results are compared with available experimental data. The results indicate that the surfaces with rectangular and circular grooves render approximately 50 and 90% more heat flux than the smooth surface, respectively. However, the surface with a triangular groove rendered approximately 37% less heat flux than the smooth surface.
Keywords
pool boiling
Grooved Surface
heat transfer
Eulerian-Eulerian method

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 16 November 2021
  • Revise Date 02 February 2022
  • Accept Date 26 February 2022