https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16123-6
Regular Article
Entropy generation analysis for film boiling: A simple model of quenching
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
* e-mail: ali.lotfi_mech@yahoo.com
Received:
30
June
2015
Revised:
1
December
2015
Accepted:
11
March
2016
Published online:
29
April
2016
In this paper, quenching in high-temperature materials processing is modeled as a superheated isothermal flat plate. In these phenomena, a liquid flows over the highly superheated surfaces for cooling. So the surface and the liquid are separated by the vapor layer that is formed because of the liquid which is in contact with the superheated surface. This is named forced film boiling. As an objective, the distribution of the entropy generation in the laminar forced film boiling is obtained by similarity solution for the first time in the quenching processes. The PDE governing differential equations of the laminar film boiling including continuity, momentum, and energy are reduced to ODE ones, and a dimensionless equation for entropy generation inside the liquid boundary and vapor layer is obtained. Then the ODEs are solved by applying the 4th-order Runge-Kutta method with a shooting procedure. Moreover, the Bejan number is used as a design criterion parameter for a qualitative study about the rate of cooling and the effects of plate speed are studied in the quenching processes. It is observed that for high speed of the plate the rate of cooling (heat transfer) is more.
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