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About the 3D simulation of the boiling of liquid films and spray droplets during their contact with hot substrates

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Boiling of liquids upon impact of the spray on heated surfaces is common in many practical applications. However, a comprehensive modelling approach for these phenomena is still not available in commercial software, despite decades of experimental, theoretical, and numerical research efforts. The motivation of this paper is to clarify the state of the art on the three-dimensional (3D) simulation of the boiling of liquid films and spray droplets during their contact with hot substrates. Based on recent experimental and theoretical research, this paper proposes a set of heat transfer models for 3D simulation of spray cooling considering conjugate heat transfer (CHT). These updated models and correlations were implemented in a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, which already included a classical two-phase Lagrangian–Eulerian approach and CHT modelling functionality. A detailed validation of the improved modelling proposals is performed using a unique and novel database including wall surface temperature and heat flux measurements for different flow rates and spray impact velocities. Excellent agreement with experiments was obtained for all boiling regimes using a Leidenfrost-like temperature to manage the prompt heat flux change between the film boiling regime and the transition boiling regime. Most notable are the great results produced by the recent film boiling model summarized in this article.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Prof. Cameron Tropea, Dr. Ilia V. Roisman and Fabian M. Tenzer from the Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany for providing complementary information about their experiments. Also, the author would like to thank his colleague Paul-Georgian LUCA for his help on the CONVERGE setup.

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This work has been funded by IFP Energies nouvelles, Institut Carnot IFPEN Transports Energies, 1 et 4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France.

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Highlights

• Clarify the state of the art on the 3D simulation of the boiling of liquid films and spray droplets during their contact with hot substrates.

• Propose updated set of heat transfer models and correlations for spray-wall interaction regimes while considering liquid film boiling and conjugate heat transfer (CHT).

• Propose a detailed analysis and experimental validation for the simulated cooling of the wall surface and the evolution of the heat flux during the impact of a spray on a heated wall.

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Habchi, C. About the 3D simulation of the boiling of liquid films and spray droplets during their contact with hot substrates. Heat Mass Transfer 58, 1913–1924 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-022-03222-1

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