Film boiling of Freon 113, Normal Pentane, Cyclopentane, and Benzene from cylindrical surfaces at moderate pressures

Author

Gary Joseph Capone

Abstract

"An investigation of film boiling heat transfer in saturated pools of liquid Freon 113, Normal Pentane, Cyclopentane, and Benzene was made. The fluids were boiled from copper, cylindrical heat transfer surfaces, 3 inches long, and 0.55, 0.75, and 1.00 inch in diameter. The heat transfer elements were positioned horizontally in an autoclave and tested at moderate pressures of up to a pressure of 242.5 psia for Normal Pentane.

The experimental data are discussed and compared with known film boiling correlations. The known correlations were found to be inadequate in predicting heat transfer coefficients as a function of pressure, temperature difference between the heater surface and the fluid, surface diameter, and the type of fluid boiled. For instance, a correlation by Sciance predicts the experimental heat transfer coefficients, h, of this investigation from within 3% error to as much as 50% error. A correlation by Chang predicts values of h that vary by a factor of 3 from the experimental values of this investigation. The h values predicted by the correlations of Baumeister, Breen and Westwater, Pomerantz, Bromley, and Berenson deviate from the experimental values by percentages between those of the Sciance and Chang correlations depending on the pressure of the system, diameter of the heater surface, and the fluid under investigation.

A correlation for film boiling is derived and discussed"--Abstract, pages ii-iii.

Advisor(s)

Park, Efton

Committee Member(s)

Gaddy, J. L.
Crosser, Orrin K.
Manley, David B.
Flanigan, V. J.

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Shell Oil Company

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1973

Pagination

xiii, 129 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-74).

Rights

© 1973 Gary Joseph Capone, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Film boiling -- Mathematical modelsNucleate boilingHeat -- Transmission

Thesis Number

T 2823

Print OCLC #

6027430

Electronic OCLC #

913831141

Recommended Citation

Capone, Gary Joseph, "Film boiling of Freon 113, Normal Pentane, Cyclopentane, and Benzene from cylindrical surfaces at moderate pressures" (1973). Doctoral Dissertations. 220.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/220