Pool boiling heat transfer in vertical annular crevices

Effects of vertical annuli on nucleate pool boiling heat transfer of water at atmospheric pressure have been obtained experimentally. Experiments were performed for annuli with a height of 570 mm and gap sizes of 3.9 and 15 mm. Through the tests, tube bottom confinement (open or closed) has been investigated, too, and the whole results are compared with a single unconfined tube. According to the results, the annular condition gives much increase in heat transfer coefficients at moderate heat fluxes. Its effect is observed much greater for the bottom-closed tube condition.