Dynamics of vapor bubbles and associated heat transfer in various regimes of boiling

Abstract

A direct numerical study is performed to analyze the bubble growth during different regimes of boiling using Combined Level Set and Volume of Fluid CLSVOF based approach The effects of substrate superheat and applied electric field have been elaborately studied and parametric studies concerning the changes in interface morphology during bubble growth have been performed A significant enhancement in heat transfer rate and reduction in critical wavelength is observed only above a threshold lim