Film boiling is computed with the VOF method in FLUENT, which is modified to include the effect of phase change a t the liquid-vapor interface. The phase-change effect is implemented in the volume fraction and energy equations as the interfacial sourc...
Film boiling is computed with the VOF method in FLUENT, which is modified to include the effect of phase change a t the liquid-vapor interface. The phase-change effect is implemented in the volume fraction and energy equations as the interfacial sources terms. The phase-change formulation is validated with 1-D analytic solutions of Stefan problem. The present method is applied to 2-D film boiling on a horizontal surface. The numerical results are compared with the empirical correlations.