Chemical engineering progress · 1960 · 76 citations · 0 references
EngineeringChemical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringHeat TransferThermodynamicsTransport PhenomenaBoiling Heat TransferBurnoutHeat Transfer AnalysisHeat Transfer In FluidsHeat Transfer ModelingBoilingCritical Heat FluxHeat Flux Analysis
A theory of local-boiling burnout is presented based on an analogy between the microconvective processes in local boiling and the conventional approach to turbulent diffusion processes. This theory describes, in a plausable manner, the physical significance of the mathematical relationships evolved in an empirical method of prediction of the burnout heat flux for water with local boiling over a wide range of experimental conditions. The prediction method is generalized to liquids other than water. Available data are assembled and discussed, and the results of the prediction method are compared with experimental values. (auth)