The boiling interface in a misaligned two-phase mechanical seal is analyzed using a complete thermohydrodynamic approach that requires complex simultaneous iterative solutions of the nonaxisymmetric heat transfer and phase-change problems. It is shown that under certain operating conditions, characterized by a modified Sommerfeld number, several approximate solutions with various levels of simplification can be utilized to calculate the boiling radius.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Boiling, Heat transfer, Thermohydrodynamics
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