Experiments and Universal Growth Relations for Vapor Bubbles With Microlayers

Abstract

Solutions for bubble growth rates including the effects of inertia, heat transfer, and microlayer evaporation were obtained in generalized coordinates. Experimental growth rate data, covering a wide range of superheats, were obtained under precisely controlled conditions. The theoretical development appears to provide a satisfactory a priori prediction of these data. In particular, the Γ-effect predicted earlier is fully corroborated by these data which are the first to cover an extended range of this parameter.