How accurately can we predict nucleate boiling?

A new theory of nucleate pool boiling based on turbulence in the boundary layer induced by bubble growth and departure is presented that incorporates the effect of the static contact angle and explains the large spread in the available experimental data. In addition, an exciting feature of the new theory is demonstrated that has not, to the authorʹs knowledge, been reported previously in the literature—its ability to predict the critical heat flux with the same correlation.