CONVECTIVE BOILING WITH ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ENHANCEMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF INLET QUALITY

This work investigates the influence of alternating current electric fields on the flow patterns, associated heat transfer, and power penalty during convective boiling of HFE7000. A single-pass counter-flow heat exchanger is employed, whereby heated water flowing in the shell side transfers heat to the two-phase HFE7000 fluid flowing within the tube side. In a novel design feature, optical transparency is achieved by using a sapphire central …