Which one of the following regimes of bowling curve can be considered as reverse of condensation?

Which one of the following regimes of bowling curve can be considered as reverse of condensation? Correct Answer Film boiling regime

Film boiling: In this region the heater surface is completely covered by a continuous stable vapor film.  Where the heat flux reaches a minimum value, this point is called Ledienfrost point. Leidenfrost observed that liquid droplets on a very hot surface jump around and slowly boil away. The presence of a vapor film between the heater surface and the liquid is responsible for the low heat transfer rates in the film boiling region. The heat rate increases with increasing excess temperature as a result of heat transfer as a result of heat transfer from the heated surface to the liquid through the vapor film by radiation, which becomes significant at high temperatures.

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Condensation: Condensation occurs when the temperature of a vapor is reduced below its saturation temperature. This is usually done by bringing the vapor into contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below the saturation temperature.

There are two distinct forms of condensation:

Film condensation: In film condensation the condensate wets the surface and forma a liquid film on the surface that slides down under the influence of gravity. In film condensation the surface is blanketed by a liquid film of increasing thickness and this liquid wall between solid surface and the vapor serves as a resistance to heat transfer.

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Dropwise condensation: In dropwise condensation the condensed vapor forms droplets on the surface instead of a continuous film, and the surface is covered by countless droplets of varying diameters.

Film boiling can be considered as reverse of film condensation, because both have a film which is acting as resistance to heat transfer, only difference is one film is formed due to boiling and another is formed due to the condensation. 

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