An Enhanced VOF Method Coupled with Heat Transfer and Phase Change to Characterise Bubble Detachment in Saturated Pool Boiling
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7136913
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/en10030272
- Title of journal
- Energies
- Article number
- 272
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1996-1073
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Understanding boiling and its fundamental parameters and limitations is essential for the optimisation of efficient thermal management technologies. This paper is significant because it describes a new Volume of Fluid solver that for the first time accurately predicts contact line evaporation for bubble growth and detachment from superheated plates. This allowed us to identify for the first time a critical contact angle value beyond which the surface wettability significantly affects boiling. This research led to four grants (EPSRC EP/P013112/1, 2x ESA MAP, Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship 801604) applying this solver for the study of thermal control of satellites.
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- Non-English
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