Abstract

Measurements of boiling heat transfer coefficients in water, methanol and refrigerant R141b are reported for the bundles of smooth tubes that represent a portion of a flooded-type evaporator. Each bundle contained 19 instrumented, electrically heated tubes in a staggered triangular-pitch layout. The effect of heat flux, tube pitch and operating pressure is studied in the paper. Bundle factor and bundle effect are discussed as well. A correlation for prediction of a bundle average heat transfer coefficient is proposed.