Numerical Study on Bubble Departing Behavior From Heated Surface in Subcooled Pool Boiling

Abstract

In this study, in order to clarify the heat transfer characteristics of the subcooled pool boiling and to discuss its mechanism, the boiling and condensation model for numerical simulation on subcooled boiling phenomena has been developed. In this paper, the three dimensional numerical simulations based on the MARS (Multi-interface Advection and Reconstruction Solver) with the boiling and condensation model which consisted of the improved phase-change model and the relaxation time based on the quasi-thermal equilibrium hypothesis have been conducted for the subcooled pool boiling phenomena especially regarding to the bubble departure behavior from the heated surface. The results of the numerical simulations were compared with the experimental data obtained by the high-speed camera (Phantom 7.1) with the Cassegrain optical system, and then the influence of the degree of subcooling for the bubble departing behaviors including their shape changes from the heated surface were numerically predicted. As the results, the numerical results of the bubble departing behavior from the heated surface showed in good agreement with the experimental observations quantitatively.