Percolative scale-free behavior in the boiling crisis
Fluid Dynamics
2019-04-10 v3
Abstract
We present the first experimental observations of scale-free behavior in the bubble footprint distribution during the boiling crisis of water, in pool and flow boiling conditions. We formulate a continuum percolation model that elucidates how the scale-free behavior emerges from the near-wall stochastic interaction of bubbles and provides a criterion to predict the boiling crisis. It also offers useful insights on how to engineer surfaces that enhance the critical heat flux limit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1809.09234,
title = {Percolative scale-free behavior in the boiling crisis},
author = {Limiao Zhang and Jee Hyun Seong and Matteo Bucci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09234},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures and Supplemental Material