Correlations For Critical Heat Flux
The critical heat flux is an important point on the boiling curve and it may be desirable to operate a boiling process near this point. However, one could become cautious of dissipating heat in excess of this amount. Zuber, through a hydrodynamic stability analysis of the problem has developed an expression to approximate this point.
It is independent of the surface material and is weakly dependent upon the heated surface geometry described by the constant C. For large horizontal cylinders, spheres and large finite heated surfaces, the value of the Zuber constant . For large horizontal plates, a value of is more suitable. The critical heat flux depends strongly on pressure, mainly through the pressure dependence of surface tension and the heat of vaporization.
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