Laser Interferometric Investigation of the Microlayer Evaporation Phenomenon Journal Articles

abstract

• An experimental investigation is presented in which the growth and evaporation of the microlayer underlying a bubble forming on a glass heater surface has been studied using laser interferometry and high speed photography. The results presented for a single bubble indicate that the microlayer thickness is of the order of 5 μm. Subsequent analysis of these results confirms that the microlayer evaporation phenomenon is a significant heat transfer mechanism, representing approximately 25 percent of the total nucleate boiling heat transfer rate for the conditions investigated.

authors

• Voutsinos, CM
• Judd, Ross Leonard

status

• published 

publication date

• February 1, 1975

has subject area

• 0904 Chemical Engineering (FoR)
• 0913 Mechanical Engineering (FoR)
• 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering (FoR)
• Mechanical Engineering & Transports (Science Metrix)

published in

• Journal of Heat Transfer  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4014 Manufacturing Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1115/1.3450295

start page

• 88

end page

• 92

volume

• 97

issue

• 1