Convective heat transfer enhancement produced by secondary heat sources in a liquid nitrogen pool

This paper studies the influence of secondary heat sources on the convective heat transfer from a vertical cylindrical heater immersed in a LIN pool. Two types of secondary heat source have been used. In the first case, the heat leak through the vessel walls into the pool was varied without causing nucleation, so as to retain convective heat transfer. It was found that the convective flow loops induced in the pool produced a small enhancement of the heat transfer from the cylindrical heater. In the second case, a small horizontal heater loop was introduced into the pool below the cylindrical heater. The secondary heat flux used was such that boiling occurred at the loop to give rising bubbles surrounding the cylindrical heater. This produced a large enhancement of the convective heat transfer from the cylindrical heater. The enhancement ratio is presented as a function of the power supplied to the loop heater.