Heat transfer and pressure drop for boiling nitrogen flowing in a horizontal tube

Forced convection boiling of liquid nitrogen in a smooth horizontal copper tube with 14 mm id has been studied experimentally. The measured local heat transfer coefficients in nucleate boiling depend on the heat flux as well as on the mass flow rate. Furthermore, the influence of the vapour quality cannot be neglected. Our own experimental heat transfer data were correlated by an empirical equation. Mass flow rate, pressure, and diameter dependence of para-hydrogen data of other authors can also be correlated with this equation. A relationship for the critical heat flux is also given.