Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol.11, No.1, 41-57, 1998
An experimental investigation of the use of an auxiliary heater to promote more vapor generation during flash boiling of HCFC-22
An experimental investigation was conducted to study the influence of a stainless steel, flat spiral, immersion heater on the mass flow during flash boiling in a glass pressure vessel. The data from these experiments were compared with the baseline experimental results primarily with regard to the mass flow. As with the baseline experiments, each test was run for 60 s using varied orifice diameters (1.59 and 5.56 mm) initial refrigerant amounts (0.45 and 0.68 kg) initial pressures (575 and 840 kPa) and vessel geometries (665 and 1,110 mi). Pressures, temperatures, and mass flow rates, along with calculated saturation temperatures, amount of superheat, mass flux, and fetal mass flashed, were used to compare the baseline experiments with the enhanced boiling method. Results showed a consistent increase in the total mass flashed (or liquid inventory decrease) at each test condition, ranging from an average of 47% to 111% with respect to baseline experiments.