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Abstract An experimental and theoretical investigation on the nucleate pool boiling at an isolated site under saturation conditions was conducted to study the factors affecting the frequency and the diameter of the departing bubble . These factors represent the most important parameters affecting the heat transfer coefficient in nucleate pool boiling . An experimental apparatus was designed and constructed for this purpose. Test runs were carried out using R-12 aa a boiling refrigerant , three heating surface metal. ( copper , brass and stainless steel ) were tried . Boilina was effected in a pressure range of 0.11 to 0.44 of the critical pressure and heat flux up to 51 kW/m2, from artificial cylindrical cavities These cavities had the dimensions of 100,150,200,250 and 325 ~m radii and a depth equal to five times the cavity diameter The experimental results showed : 1- The frequency of bubble formation from each artificial cavity increases as follows: i-When the saturation pressure increases at the same heat flux and the same heating surface material. ii-When the parameter J(PAClm/(PACt increases at the same saturation pressure and the same heat flux • • • • • • • - iV- iii-When the heat flux increases for the same saturation pressure and the same heating surface material. 2- The bubble frequency decreases as the cavity radius increases at the same heating surface material, the same saturation pressure and the same heat flux. 3- The departing bubble diameter from each artificial cavity decreases as follows: i-When the saturation pressure increases at the same heat flux and the same heating surface material . ii-When the parameter J(P}”C)m/(P}..C~ increases at the same saturation pressure and the same heat flux. iii-When the heat flux increases for the same saturation pressure and the same heating surface material • 4- The departing bubble diameter increases as the cavity radius increases at the same heat flux, the same saturation material. pressure and the same heating surface A theoretical model for calculating the waiting time from an active site in nucleate boiling is advanced . A unique feature of this model is the surface temperature variations throughout the waiting time could be obtained . Parametric studies of this model showed 1- The important role of the combined thermal properties of boiling liquid and heat transfer material in determininc the waitina time as well as the axial h.at flux durinc this wait ina time • -v- 2- The waiting time decreases as the dimensionless group increases. 3- The model is able not only to calculate the axial rate of heat transfer at any moment during the waiting time as Mikic and Rohsenow’s (9J and Shai and Rohsenow’s (11J models but also to predict the waiting time itself • • A correlation includes all the parameters affecting the .’ • • • • • frequency ( f and departing bubble diameter ( Da ) as ( cavity radius heat flux , thermophysical propertie. of fluid and heating material ) may be expressed mathematically as follows o 66, 060~ .,0.856 QI44 UI44 \1 1.33 f D~ = ( (q Yf’ )/(6.Twi\( f1 Ce 20(0.5383+0.4632 ~(PAC)cu/(PAC~))) Good agreement has been found between experimental , theoretical results and available previous data . |