Cooling Technology Lab

Bubble nucleation

Homogeneous nucleation

Heterogeneous nucleation

For Homogeneous nucleation

INPUT
Temperature of the bulk fluid [ºC]
OUTPUT
Equilibrium bubble radius [μm]

For Heterogeneous nucleation

INPUT
Temperature of the bulk fluid [ºC]
Boiling surface temperature [ºC]
OUTPUT
Onset of nucleate boiling occurs at [ºC]
Upper limit of activated cavity size [μm]
Lower limit of activated cavity size [μm]