OPTIMIZATION OF THE PARAMETERS
OF A POROUS COATING UNDER
CONDITIONS OF POOL BOILING
OF PROPANE
M. N. Novikov 

UDC 536.24

Results of an investigation of the influence of the parameters 
of a sintered porous copper coating on heat transfer under conditions 
of propane boiling are reported. The experiments were carried out 
within the ranges of specific heat fluxes of q=102-6.4·104 W/m2 and of 
saturation vapor pressures of ps=0.48-1.08 MPa (Ts=0-30oC). Optimum parameters 
of the porous coating were determined within the investigated saturation 
pressure range. A dimensionless equation is suggested for determination 
of the heat-transfer rate in propane boiling on sintered porous copper 
coatings.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National 
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 
Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 100-104, January-February, 2002. 
Original article submitted June 28, 2001.

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