1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Regimes of boiling 1
1.2 Two-Phase Flow 3
1.3 Flow Boiling Crisis 4
1.4 Flow Instability 4
2 POOL BOILING 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Nucleation and Dynamics of Single Bubbles 7
2.2.1 Nucleation 8
2.2.1.1 Nucleation in a Pure Liquid 8
2.2.1.2 Nucleation at Surfaces 10
2.2.2 Waiting Period 19
2.2.3 Isothermal Bubble Dynamics 23
2.2.4 Isobaric Bubble Dynamics 26
2.2.5 Bubble Departure from a Heated Surface 37