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Numerical prediction of the mean temperature of the vapor film in film boiling heat transfer

Publicated to:Computational Thermal Sciences. 8 (1): 1-10 - 2016-01-01 8(1), DOI: 10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2015014392

Authors: Abánades A; Arévalo R; Rebollo L

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UNET, Mech Engn Dept, San Cristobal 5001, Venezuela - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSII, J Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author

Abstract

© 2016 by Begell House, Inc. The phase change heat (hfg) plays a fundamental role in the description of the film boiling phenomena and, therefore, is included in most of the correlation to evaluate film boiling heat transfer coefficients. The Jakob number (Ja) is used to establish the ratio between hfgand the sensible heat required to heat the vapor formed from the saturation temperature of the surroundings to the emperature on the solid-fluid interface. In the most accepted correlations, the enthalpy increase in the fluid is described with a scaling factor of hfgbased on a fraction of Ja. In literature, this fraction varies from 0.34 to 0.95. In this paper, a numerical prediction of the mean temperature of the vapor film and this fraction were done based on computational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculation. Our analysis of the vapor film temperature shows that this Ja fraction is of the order of 0.4, with a small dependency of the emissivity and Prandtl number.

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Cfd simulationFilm boilingLatent heat correction

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Computational Thermal Sciences, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

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Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-26:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-26:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 3 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Venezuela.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ABANADES VELASCO, ALBERTO) and Last Author (REBOLLO MEDRANO, LUIS).