Abstract
The forms of bubbly flow occurring within a tube bundle are discussed and the boiling process in the bundle is notionally divided into mechanisms due to liquid forced convection, sliding bubbles and nucleation. A novel experimental analysis of heat transfer from a tube in a bundle indicates the predominance of the sliding bubble part. There is a virtual absence of nucleation in a bundle except at the lowest tubes indicating that, once enough bubbles have been produced, the other mechanisms are sufficient to transfer the heat from the tubes. © 1990.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2579-2584 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 1990 |