CFD Modeling of Boiling in a Microchannel Based On Phase-Field Method

The hydrodynamics and heat transfer characteristics
of a vaporized elongated bubble in a rectangular microchannel have
been simulated based on Cahn-Hilliard phase-field method. In the
simulations, the initially nucleated bubble starts growing as it comes
in contact with superheated water. The growing shape of the bubble
compared well with the available experimental data in the literature.

• Rahim Jafari
• Tuba Okutucu-Özyurt

• Microchannel
• boiling
• Cahn-Hilliard method
• Two-phase flow
• Simulation.

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