Reconsider Prob. 10–33. Using EES (or other) software, investigate the effect of local atmospheric pressure on the maximum heat flux and the temperature difference T_s - T_sat. Let the atmospheric pressure vary from 70 kPa to 101.3 kPa. Plot the maximum heat flux and the temperature difference as a function of the atmospheric pressure, and discuss the results.

Data from problem 33

Water is to be boiled at atmospheric pressure on a 3-cm-diameter mechanically polished steel heater. Determine the maximum heat flux that can be attained in the nucleate boiling regime and the surface temperature of the heater surface in that case.