The boiling interface in a misaligned two-phase mechanical seal

摘要

The boiling interface in a misaligned two-phase mechanical seal is analyzed using a complete thermohydrodynamic approach that requires complex simultaneous iterative solutions of the nonaxisymmetric heat transfer and phase-change problems. It isshown that under certain operating conditions, characterized by a modified Sommer-feld number, several approximate solutions with various levels of simplification can be utilized to calculate the boiling radius.