This document discusses phase changes in heat transfer, specifically boiling. It begins by defining boiling as a liquid-to-vapor phase change process that occurs at the solid-liquid interface. It then discusses the various regions of the pool boiling curve for water: natural convection, nucleate boiling, transition boiling, and film boiling. Nucleate boiling provides the highest heat transfer rates due to liquid entrainment and evaporation, reaching a maximum at the critical heat flux point. Transition and film boiling have lower heat transfer due to vapor film formation between the heater and liquid. Applications of boiling include nuclear reactors, petroleum transportation, and electronics cooling.
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