Observations of Bubble Nucleation and Interaction Dynamics in High Heat Flux Boiling

摘要

Nucleate boiling as a highly efficient and desirable cooling mechanism in high-power-density systems continues to be a fascinating research topic even after several decades of experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations. A major objective of boiling heat transfer research is to enable a mechanistic understanding, model-based prediction, control and enhancement of nucleate boiling's coolability limit that occurs upon departure from nucleate boiling (DNB), or the so-called critical heat flux (CHF).