TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of polymer additives on pool boiling phenomena
AU - Yang, Yu Min
AU - Maa, Jer Ru
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - The addition of small amount of soluble polymer makes the boiling behavior significantly different from that of pure water. The polymer additives reduce the tendency of coalescence between vapor bubbles. Consequently, they become smaller in size, larger in number, and tend to stay on the heating surface in a relatively orderly manner. No significant improvement in heat transfer rate caused by the polymer additives was observed in this work; the critical burn out heat flux was reduced slightly.
AB - The addition of small amount of soluble polymer makes the boiling behavior significantly different from that of pure water. The polymer additives reduce the tendency of coalescence between vapor bubbles. Consequently, they become smaller in size, larger in number, and tend to stay on the heating surface in a relatively orderly manner. No significant improvement in heat transfer rate caused by the polymer additives was observed in this work; the critical burn out heat flux was reduced slightly.
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U2 - 10.1016/0094-4548(82)90032-7
DO - 10.1016/0094-4548(82)90032-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020154995
SN - 0094-4548
VL - 9
SP - 237
EP - 244
JO - Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer
IS - 4
ER -