Quantification and correlation analysis of bubble characteristics and heat transfer performance in direct contact heat exchanger

R Shen, Z Fan, J Xu, B Li, H Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, a combination of morphological processing and watershed algorithm is
proposed to measure bubble size, based on which an improved frame difference method is …

Experimental investigation of bubble group and temperature distribution uniformity in the direct contact boiling heat transfer process

B Li, Z Li, P Yang, J Xu, H Wang - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, a new method is proposed to measure the uniformity of temperature
distribution and the phase distribution in direct contact boiling heat transfer. The proposed …

Characterization of bubble population morphology in direct contact heat transfer process under different flow regimes and its influence on heat transfer performance

Q Zhang, Z Li, B Li, J Xu, H Wang - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of bubble population morphological characteristics and heat transfer
performance in the direct contact boiling heat transfer process under two different flow …

A critical review on bubble dynamics parameters influencing boiling heat transfer

RL Mohanty, MK Das - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The rate of heat transfer during boiling is governed by various bubble dynamics parameters
such as bubble departure diameter, active nucleation site density, bubble waiting period …

A novel approach for measuring bubbles uniformity and mixing efficiency in a direct contact heat exchanger

Y Fei, Q Xiao, J Xu, J Pan, S Wang, H Wang, J Huang - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a straightforward method for assessing the uniformity and mixing time of
bubbles based on uniform design in a direct contact heat exchanger. The evolution of …

Subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of R-134a and the associated bubble characteristics in a vertical plate heat exchanger

YY Hsieh, LJ Chiang, TF Lin - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2002 - Elsevier
Subcooled flow boiling heat transfer characteristics of refrigerant R-134a in a vertical plate
heat exchanger (PHE) are investigated experimentally in this study. Besides, the associated …

Experimental investigation on bubble contact diameter and bubble departure diameter in horizontal subcooled flow boiling

P Zhou, R Huang, S Huang, Y Zhang, X Rao - International Journal of Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
An experiment is carried out using a high-speed camera to closely observe the bubble
behaviors on a horizontal aluminum heating surface under high mass flux. Subcooled flow …

Measure of bubble non-uniformity within circular region in a direct-contact heat exchanger

Q Xiao, J Pan, Z Lv, J Xu, H Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
The study of bubble swarm distributions in a direct-contact heat exchanger was addressed
both theoretically and experimentally. But recently developed approach based on uniform …

Investigation and experimental analysis of the bubble departure diameter in pure liquids on horizontal cylindrical heater

S Bovard, H Asadinia, G Hosseini… - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Springer
In this study, partial pool boiling heat transfer and bubble departure diameter on horizontal
cylindrical heater in heat flux range between 10 3 and 10 5 wm− 2 were investigated. Pure …

Heat transfer and force balance approaches in bubble dynamic study during subcooled flow boiling of water–ethanol mixture

BG Suhas, A Sathyabhama - Experimental Heat Transfer, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the subcooled flow boiling heat transfer coefficient of pure water, water–
ethanol mixture and pure ethanol is determined experimentally in horizontal rectangular …