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Nucleate Boiling on a Single Site: Contact Angle Analysis for a Quasi-2D Growing Vapour Bubble

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Heat transfer prediction under boiling condition is still unresolved. In this paper, a basic study on bubble growth is carried out. Recent works show that contact line region plays an important role for heat and mass transfer in nucleate boiling regime. Three dimension experimental set-up lead to a mirage effect which disturbs measurements. To overcome this problem, a new quasi two dimensional experimental set-up is designed. This Hele–Shaw like configuration allows measuring the contact angle and contact line displacement during the bubble growth. A noticeable behavior of the contact angle is observed, and the influence of the sub-cooling level on the bubble growth rate and the contact angle value is studied.

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  1. Institut Universitaire des Systèmes Thermiques Industriels, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453, Marseille, France

    Damien Serret, Stephan Guignard & Lounès Tadrist

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Serret, D., Guignard, S. & Tadrist, L. Nucleate Boiling on a Single Site: Contact Angle Analysis for a Quasi-2D Growing Vapour Bubble. Microgravity Sci. Technol 21, 101–105 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-008-9053-0

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