本研究利用數值方法模擬氣泡在加熱板上之沸騰現象，主要考慮氣泡在不同接觸角度下之氣液二相間的熱傳問題，藉以觀察氣泡和水間的溫度場變化及流線變化趨勢。氣泡在接觸角小於九十度時，自由液面與水平板之間會產生一層水膜，此區的溫度梯度大，因此蒸發速率快，當水被蒸發成水蒸氣則順勢進入氣泡中，促使氣泡成長，體積增加，而但當接觸角大於九十度時，氣泡底部會直接與加熱板接觸，此時容易發生過熱(superheat)現象，使加熱板燒壞(burnout)，本文主要模擬氣泡在接觸角三十度及六十五度下之熱傳效率好壞。

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