Numerical Simulation of Bubble Departure in Subcooled Pool Boiling Based on Non-Empirical Boiling and Condensation Model

In this study, in order to clarify the heat transfer characteristics of the subcooled boiling phenomena and to discuss on their mechanism, a non-empirical boiling and condensation model for numerical simulation has been adopted. This model consists of an improved phase-change model and a consideration of a relaxation time based on the quasi-thermal equilibrium hypothesis. The transient three-dimensional numerical simulations based on the MARS (Multi-interface Advection and Reconstruction Solver) with the non-empirical boiling and condensation model have been conducted for an isolated boiling bubble behavior in a subcooled pool. The subcooled bubble behaviors, such as the growth process of the nucleate bubble on the heating surface, the condensation process and the extinction behaviors after departing from the heating surface were investigated, respectively. In this paper, the bubble departing behavior from the heating surface was discussed in detail. The overall numerical results showed in very good agreement with the experimental results.