Paper 8: Heat Transfer from a Wire in the Critical Region

Abstract

This work deals with experimental results on boiling from a horizontal platinum wire, 0·1 mm in diameter, submerged in saturated liquids as carbon dioxide (CO2) and Freon 13 (CF3Cl) in the critical region. Three discrete regimes without steady transition could be observed: natural convection, nucleate boiling, and film boiling. Near the critical point particular flow patterns appeared in the rising vapour in film boiling: regular bubbles, vapour columns, and vapour hazes with garland-like boundaries. These flow patterns could be simulated in model experiments with liquids and were also photographed with a high-speed camera.