Boiling Heat Transfer in an Acoustic Cavitation Field

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate systematically the effects of acoustic cavitation parameters and fluid subcooling on boiling of acetone around a horizontal circular tube. The experimentalresults show that acoustic cavitation enhanced remarkably the boiling heat transfer and decreased the incipientboiling superheat and that cavitation bubbles effect on boiling heat transfer reduced with cavitation distance. Forboiling curves in a form of h-q″, elevated cavitation distance shift nucleate boiling curves to the right of the corresponding ordinary pool boiling curve. The associated mechanism of heat transfer enhancement is analyzed withthe consideration of cavitation bubble influence on vapor embryo.

An experimental study has been carried out investigatesystematically the effects of acoustic cavi- tation parameters andfluid subcooling on boiling of acetone around a horizontal circulartube. The experimental results show that acoustic cavitation enhancedremarkably the boiling heat transfer and decreased the incipientboiling superheat and that cavitation bubbles effect on boiling heattransfer reduced with cavitation distance. For boiling curves in aform of h-q', elevated cavitation distance shift nucleate boilingcurves to the right of the cor- responding ordinary pool boilingcurve. The associated mechanism of heat transfer enhancement isanalyzed with the consideration of cavitation bubble influence onvapor embryo.