Influence of the initial condition on pool water instantaneous flash evaporation

An experimental study has been performed to investigate pool water instantaneous flash evaporation in a rectangle chamber. The water level was at 40 mm, 60 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm. Initial conditions of the liquid varied from 55 to 88°C temperature and 3 to 35°C superheat. Visualization of the phenomenon using a CCD camera lets us firstly point out the influence of the initial conditions on the flashing phenomenon. The experimental results show that at a constant initial water temperature, the greater the superheat approaches, the more quickly the liquid temperature will decrease. At a constant superheat, the initial water temperature has little influence on the decrease rate of the water temperature. The higher the water level will be, the slower the water temperature will decrease as well as the higher the water temperature will be when the flashing is finished. Experimental study allows us to correlate the water temperature with the initial water temperature and the superheat while flashing is going.