%0 Journal Article %A Leonenko, Yu. G. %A Antipin, V. A. %D 2002 %I Begell House %N 3&4 %P 4 %R 10.1615/HeatTransRes.v33.i3-4.50 %T Free-Convective Heat Transfer in the Vicinity of a Thermodynamic Critical Point %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/46784ef93dddff27,36643c59749073da,68d669996d2231ee.html %V 33 %X Experiments on natural-convection heat transfer from a heated horizontal cylinder to fluid were performed for a wide range of bulk conditions. In near-critical states the deviation of the dimensionless coefficient of heat transfer from a Nusselt-type correlation was observed. This phenomenon can be explained by the existence of three boundary layers. %8 2002-06-01