The flow of liquid past a plate with boiling and injection of gas

A classical model boundary layer problem is considered for the flow of liquid past a plate in view of injection of a vapor-gas mixture from its surface. The obtained self-similar solutions enable one to estimate the typical values of thickness of the vapor-gas layer, the value of heat-transfer coefficient as a function of temperature of liquid, intensity of injection and composition of mixture being injected, and the velocity of flow past the plate. In addition, the problem is considered of reducing the hydrodynamic drag owing to vapor and vapor-gas “lubrication” because of boiling of liquid and injection of vapor-gas mixture from the plate surface. The possibility is analyzed of the emergence of vapor film due to viscous friction forces in the case where the liquid is in the vicinity of the boiling point.