Modelling of flow boiling heat transfer in a cylindrical annulus mini gap

Abstract

This paper presents the results of investigations into flow boiling heat transfer in a mini gap 1 mm wide. The mathematical approaches of the heat transfer coefficient determination were also proposed. It was considered two ways of describing layers in a measurement module with a cylindrical annulus mini gap. In the first approach, the measurement module was treated as a planar multilayer wall and in the second approach - as a multilayer cylindrical wall. The values of the local heat transfer coefficients, determined from two approaches, were compared. Both approaches gave similar results.