Determination methods of boiling heat flux

Boiling is a phase-change phenomenon, which is of significant practical application potential due to large heat flux values exchanged in the process. The paper provides an overview of calculation methods that enable to determine the values of pool boiling heat flux on smooth surfaces. The most commonly used correlations were analysed and the boiling phenomenon occurring on smooth surfaces has been discussed based on the experimental data. A modification of the Rohsenow model has been proposed with the values of the constants determined experimentally.