Combined roles of buoyancy and orientation in nucleate pool boiling

The paper presents results obtained during pool boiling from flat surfaces over body force levels of a/g = -1 to 0 to 20 for LN2 and R-113 under steady and transient conditions. Pyrex and metal surfaces are used. Particular attention is given to the case where the effective gravity is perpendicular to the heating surface. At the lower levels of heat flux with nucleate boiling, the heater surface superheat first increases and then decreases as the body force increases above a/g = 1. This is due to the greater contribution of nonboiling convection.