On the flooding limit in the evaporative, tubular thermosyphon

The note provides an appraisal of the essential physics accompanying the flooding limit in the evaporative, tubular thermosyphon. It is suggested that flooding is characterized, in general, by a balance between inertial, buoyancy and surface tension forces acting on curved liquid-vapour interfaces....

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Published inInternational communications in heat and mass transfer Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 63 - 68
Main Author Lock, G.S.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Ltd 1993
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Devices using thermal energy
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Evaporation
Evaporators
Exact sciences and technology
Heat exchangers (included heat transformers, condensers, cooling towers)
Heat transfer
Liquids
Surface tension
Surfaces
Thermodynamics
Tubes (components)
Vapors
Theoretical study
Thermosiphon
Flooding
Limitation
Tubular heat exchanger
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Summary:The note provides an appraisal of the essential physics accompanying the flooding limit in the evaporative, tubular thermosyphon. It is suggested that flooding is characterized, in general, by a balance between inertial, buoyancy and surface tension forces acting on curved liquid-vapour interfaces. The fundamental role of the Bond, Froude, Weber and Kutateladze numbers is discussed.
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ISSN:0735-1933
1879-0178
DOI:10.1016/0735-1933(93)90007-I