Investigation of flow boiling in horizontal tubes: Part I—A new diabatic two-phase flow pattern map

Several important modifications to the flow pattern map of Kattan-Thome-Favrat [J. Heat Transfer 120(1) (1998) 140-147] made, resulting in a significantly new version of the map. Based on the dynamic void fraction measurements described in [Int. J. Multiphase Flow 30 (2004) 125-137], the stratified-wavy region has been subdivided into three subzones: slug, slug/stratified-wavy and stratified-wavy. Furthermore, annular-to-dryout and dryout-to-mist flow transition curves have been added and integrated into the new flow pattern map, identified by distinct trends of the heat transfer coefficient as a function of vapor quality and by flow pattern observations to determine (and then predict) the inception and completion of dryout in horizontal tubes.