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The document outlines a tutorial for a course on boiling condensation and two-phase flow, focusing on film boiling. It includes several problems related to heat transfer calculations for various heating elements and conditions, such as power dissipation, heat transfer coefficients, and quenching processes. Additionally, it provides thermophysical properties of water vapor at atmospheric pressure as an annexure.

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Tutorial 5

The document outlines a tutorial for a course on boiling condensation and two-phase flow, focusing on film boiling. It includes several problems related to heat transfer calculations for various heating elements and conditions, such as power dissipation, heat transfer coefficients, and quenching processes. Additionally, it provides thermophysical properties of water vapor at atmospheric pressure as an annexure.

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ME 6131: Boiling Condensation and Two phase Flow January – May 2025

Tutorial 5: Film Boiling


1. A metal-clad heating element of 6-mm diameter and emissivity ε = 1 is horizontally immersed
in a water bath. The surface temperature of the metal is 255°C under steady-state boiling
conditions. Estimate the power dissipation per unit length of the heater?

2. Water is boiling at atmospheric pressure by a horizontal polished copper heating element of


diameter 5 mm and emissivity ε = 0.05 immersed in water. If the surface temperature of the
heating wire is 350 °C, determine the rate of heat transfer from the wire to the water per unit
length. Also calculate heat transfer coefficient.

3. A sphere made of aluminum alloy 2024 with a diameter of 20 mm and a uniform temperature
of 500°C is suddenly immersed in a saturated water bath maintained at atmospheric pressure.
The surface of the sphere has an emissivity of 0.25. Calculate the total heat transfer coefficient.
What fraction of the total coefficient is contributed by radiation?

4. Consider a horizontal, 𝐷 = 1-mm-diametar platinum wire, heated by an electrical current,


suspended in saturated water at atmospheric pressure. Determine the heat flux from the wire
at the instant when the surface of the wire reaches its melting point. Due to oxidation at very
high temperature, the wire emissivity is 𝜀 = 0.80 when it burns out. The water vapor properties
at the film temperature of 1209K are 𝜌𝑣 = 0.189 kg/m3, cp,𝑣 = 2404 J/kgK, 𝜈𝑣 = 231×10−6 m2s, k𝑣 =
0.113 Wm⋅K.

5. A heater element of 5 mm diameter is maintained at a surface temperature of 350°C when


immersed horizontally in water under atmospheric pressure. The element sheath is stainless
steel with a mechanically polished finish having an emissivity of 0.25. (a) Calculate the
electrical power dissipation and the rate of vapor production per unit heater length. (b) If the
heater were operated at the same power dissipation rate in the nucleate boiling regime, what
temperature would the surface achieve? (c) Sketch the boiling curve and represent the two
operating conditions of parts (a) and (b).

6. A cylinder of 120-mm diameter at 1000 K is quenched in saturated water at 1 atm. Describe


the quenching process and estimate the maximum heat removal rate per unit length during
the process.

7. Water boils on a flat polished stainless-steel surface (Csf = 0.013) at atmospheric pressure. (a)
Estimate the heat flux from the surface to water if the surface temperature is 400°C. If it is in
the film boiling regime, the emissivities of the wall and liquid surfaces may be assumed to be
equal to 1. (b) For the same heat flux, determine the wall temperature if it were in the nucleate
boiling region.
ME 6131: Boiling Condensation and Two phase Flow January – May 2025

Annexure:
Table: Thermophysical Properties of Water Vapor (Steam) at Atmospheric Pressure

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