简介:Toinvestigatethesizeeffectonthecharacteristicsofboilingheattransfer,boilingbehaviorofFC-72inheatedverticalminiaturecirculartubesimmersedinaliquidpoolwasexperimentallystudied.TwoAISI304stainlesssteeltubeswithinnerdiametersof1.10mmand1.55mmcorrespondingly,wereheatedbyswirledNi-CrwireheatersandsealedinLuciteblocksbysiliconadhesive.Boththetopandthebottomendsofthecirculartestsectionswereopentotheliquidpool.Theboilingcurvesandheattransfercoefficientswereobtainedexperimentally.Theboilingbehaviorsattheoutletsoftheminiaturetubeswerealsovisualizedwithadigitalvideocamera.Experimentalresultsshowthatthetubegeometryhasasignificanteffectontheboilingcharacteristics.Vaporblockingattheoutletofthesmallercirculartubewithadiameterof1.10mmcausedsevereboilinghysteresisphenomena.TheCHFdecreasedwithreducingintubesize.