Compare the critical heat flux for a flat horizontal surface with that for a submerged horizontal wire of 3-mm-diameter in water at saturation temperature and pressure.

GIVEN

? Flat, horizontal surface and a submerged, horizontal wire

FIND

(a) Critical heat flux for both geometries

ASSUMPTIONS

? The water is at atmospheric pressure

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS

From Appendix 2, Table 13


From Table 9.3, entry #5, the ratio of critical heat fluxes for two geometries is





The bubble length scale, Lb is calculated from





The wire has about 7% higher critical heat flux than the horizontal plate.

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