SPECIAL FEATURES OF BOILING OF A SLIGHTLY SUBCOOLED LIQUID

E. I. Nesis and A. G. Zvyagintsev

UDC 536.24

Slightly subcooled boiling is characterized by the 
fact that vapor bubbles that form at active sites on the heater surface 
grow continuously and, having attained a maximum size, separate and 
float. The frequency of bubble separation, which determines the rate 
of heat transfer, depends on the degree of subcooling of the boiling 
liquid.