Prediction technique for flow boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux in both microgravity and Earth gravity via artificial neural networks (ANNs)

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study is part of the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) and utilizes flow
boiling data collected in both microgravity onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and …

Experimental and computational investigation into hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of subcooled flow boiling on the International Space Station

I Mudawar, J Lee - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
This study is part of a long-term initiative to investigate flow boiling of n-perfluorohexane (n-
PFH) under microgravity on the International Space Station (ISS). Investigated are data …

Subcooled flow boiling heat transfer in a partially-heated rectangular channel at different orientations in Earth gravity

VS Devahdhanush, I Mudawar - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explores subcooled flow boiling of n-Perfluorohexane in a rectangular channel of
5.0 mm height, 2.5 mm width (heated), and 114.6 mm heated length. This Flow Boiling …

A coupled level-set and volume-of-fluid (CLSVOF) method for prediction of microgravity flow boiling with low inlet subcooling on the international space station

I Mudawar, S Kim, J Lee - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study is part of a series of NASA-supported investigations of flow boiling of n-
perfluorohexane (n-PFH, C 6 F 14) under microgravity on the International Space Station …

Parametric experimental trends, interfacial behavior, correlation assessment, and interfacial lift-off model predictions of critical heat flux for microgravity flow boiling …

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush - International Journal of Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the critical heat flux data obtained during the “Flow Boiling and
Condensation Experiment (FBCE)” which was launched to the International Space Station …

Assessment and development of flow boiling critical heat flux correlations for partially heated rectangular channels in different gravitational environments

SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush, I Mudawar - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates critical heat flux (CHF) of n-Perfluorohexane flowing in a partially
heated rectangular channel of 2.5-mm× 5.0-mm cross-section, within NASA's Flow Boiling …

Experimental heat transfer results and flow visualization of vertical upflow boiling in Earth gravity with subcooled inlet conditions–In preparation for experiments …

VS Devahdhanush, I Mudawar, HK Nahra… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since 2012, researchers at the Purdue University Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory
(PU-BTPFL) and NASA Glenn Research Center have been collaborating on a long-term …

Effects of heating configuration and operating parameters on heat transfer and interfacial physics of microgravity flow boiling with subcooled inlet conditions …

I Mudawar, VS Devahdhanush, SJ Darges… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study is part of the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE), a collaborative
effort between the Purdue University Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory (PU-BTPFL) …

Microgravity flow boiling experiments with liquid-vapor mixture inlet onboard the International Space Station

I Mudawar, VS Devahdhanush, SJ Darges… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article is part of a series of studies culminating from the multi-objective Flow Boiling and
Condensation Experiment (FBCE) onboard the International Space Station, which utilized …

Gravity scaling parameter for pool boiling heat transfer

R Raj, J Kim, J McQuillen - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Although the effects of microgravity, earth gravity, and hypergravity (> 1.5 g) on pool boiling
heat flux have been studied previously, pool boiling heat flux data over a continuous range …