The effects of transient conditions on the onset of intermittent dryout during blowdown

For a given set of conditions in a boiling system the point of liquid film dryout or departure from nucleate boiling corresponds to the change from convective or nucleate boiling to transition or film boiling. This change is associated with a rapid deterioration of the heat transfer coefficient and the heat flux at this transition is denoted the critical heat flux (CHF). Computer models used to predict station transients and CHF rely heavily on …