On using film boiling to thermally decompose liquid organic chemicals: Application to ethyl acetate as a model compound

High Temperature Thermal Decomposition of Diethyl Carbonate by Pool Film Boiling

“…The heat flux can be computed from V Â I/A s where A s is the surface area over which the tube temperature is uniform. Heat losses through the clamps at the ends resulted in a temperature drop near where the tube is clamped to the electrodes [8][9][10]. Also, since the voltage is monitored at the output to the power supply and not across the tube itself, there is some uncertainty in the input flux to the liquid by this method.…”

“…For these reasons, film boiling is a multiphase heat transfer regime that is typically avoided in industrial processes. On the other hand, film boiling can provide a controlled environment for studying thermal decomposition of organic gases [5][6][7][8][9][10] and formation of carbonaceous materials [11][12][13][14].…”

A scale analysis model for film boiling heat transfer on a vertical flat plate with wide applicability

“…Recently film boiling process is utilized successfully in chemical synthesis [4,5]. A detailed theoretical analysis of such problems is quite challenging due to the concurrent presence of liquid and vapor phases with widely varying thermo-physical properties and the mass and energy transfer associated with phase change.…”