Numerical Simulation on the Boiling Flow Patterns of Al₂O₃-Water Nanofluid in Micro/Minichannel under Different Hypergravity Levels and Directions

Table 1

Comparison between the simulation results and experimental data.

Inlet temperature	Inlet velocity	Wall heat flux	Experimental HTC	Numerical HTC	Error
K	m/s	kW/m^2	kW/m^2 K	kW/m^2 K	%
373.15	0.1	108	22.2	25.3	14
373.15	0.2	108	25.9	29.1	12.3
373.15	0.3	108	29.3	33.1	12.9
373.15	0.3	188	30.6	34.2	11.8
373.15	0.4	188	31.1	34.5	10.9
373.15	0.5	188	33.5	37.8	12.8