Home▸Thermodynamics▸Pool Boiling and the Nukiyama Curve: Heater Wire, Critical Heat Flux and Burnout (2D)

🔥 Pool Boiling and the Nukiyama Curve: Heater Wire, Critical Heat Flux and Burnout (2D)

A heated nichrome wire in boiling water: raise the heat flux or hold the wall superheat and watch natural convection, nucleate boiling, the critical heat flux, transition and film boiling on the live Nukiyama curve, with Rohsenow, Zuber and Bromley correlations and a burnout event.

Thermodynamics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Pool Boiling and the Nukiyama Curve: Heater Wire, Critical Heat Flux and Burnout (2D) ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

A heated nichrome wire in boiling water: raise the heat flux or hold the wall superheat and watch natural convection, nucleate boiling, the critical heat flux, transition and film boiling on the live Nukiyama curve, with Rohsenow, Zuber and Bromley correlations and a burnout event.

BoilingNukiyama CurveCritical Heat FluxHeat TransferThermodynamics

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

What did you find?

Add reproduction steps (optional)