Effects of heterogeneous nucleation model on computational fluid dynamics simulation of flow boiling heat transfer in the mini-channel
Yujie Chen,
Mingyang Ji,
Bo Gao
et al.
Abstract:Bubble nucleation is the initial stage of flow boiling and plays an important role in boiling heat transfer. However, bubble nucleation occurs at a microscopic scale, rendering it challenging for the macroscopic computational fluid dynamics method to realistically simulate this intricate process. In this paper, based on the coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method, a heterogeneous nucleation model is improved and conducted to simulate the subcooled flow boiling in a rectangular mini-channel, considering th… Show more
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