1991 年 57 巻 539 号 p. 2355-2362
A new correlation consisting of heat flux q, superheat ΔTsat, density of nucleation sites n and a group of physical properties is proposed for the coalesced bubble region, based on a model where the heat conduction and the liquid flow induced by bubble growth are dominant mechanisms in the heat transfer. The new correlation of heat transfer arranges well the experimental data from the isolated bubble region to the coalesced bubble region obtained for various combinations of liquids and heating surfaces of upward flat plates at pressures of 0.04MPa to 0.1MPa. The correlation is used to calculate the relations of n-ΔTsat from the experimental data of q-ΔTsat. The generalized correlation consisting of n, ΔTsat, Physical properties and surface characteristics is derived and combined with the new correlation of heat transfer in order to predict boiling curves. The predicted results agree well with the experimentally obtained boiling curves from various sources for a wide range of boiling conditions.