Abstract
This study focuses on the experimental analysis of transient-regime heat transfer with liquidvapor phase change in a fluid as it flows through a porous media composed of small bronze spheres. Three distinct zones can be observed: liquid, two-phase and superheated vapor. The boundaries between these zones are determined using temperature and pressure fields. An N-shaped profile is observed for the temperature values along the main flow axis. The first local maximum value on the temperature curve corresponds to the boundary between the liquid zone and the two-phase zone. When a local minimum temperature exists, it corresponds to the boundary between the two-phase and the vapor zones. A finite element numerical simulation is used to predict the saturation field, which is numerically determined from the boundaries of the two-phase zone and of the experimental temperature field. The liquid and vapor pressure fields are then deduced for all three phase zones of the porous medium.
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