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Alessandro Gabbana , Xander M. de Wit , Linlin Fei , Ziqi Wang , Daniel Livescu , Federico Toschi ·

YOU? · · 2025 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.14042

Transition boiling is an intermediate regime occurring between nucleate boiling, where bubbles at the surface efficiently carry heat away, and film boiling, where a layer of vapor formed over the surface insulates the system reducing heat transfer. This regime is inherently unstable and typically occurs near the boiling crisis, where the system approaches the maximum heat flux. Transition boiling hysteresis remains a central open problem in phase-change heat transfer, with critical implications for industrial cooling systems and nuclear reactor safety, since entering this regime sharply reduces heat removal potentially leading to overheating or component damage. We investigate the mechanisms driving hysteresis in the transition boiling regime through large-scale three-dimensional numerical simulations, providing clearcut evidence that hysteresis occurs even under idealized conditions of pool boiling on flat surfaces at constant temperature. This demonstrates that hysteresis arises purely from the flow dynamics of the liquid-vapor system, rather than from surface properties or defects. Moreover, we disclose strong asymmetries in the transition dynamics between nucleate and film boiling. During heating, the transition is abrupt and memory-less, whereas, upon decreasing the surface temperature, it is more complex, with the emergence of metastable coexisting states that can delay the transition.

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