Detailed modeling of laminar film condensation from zeotropic binary mixtures in a vertical tube

Author(s):  
Q.T. Le ◽  
S.J. Ormiston ◽  
H.M. Soliman
1961 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ming Chen

The boundary-layer equations for laminar film condensation are solved for (a) a single horizontal tube, and (b) a vertical bank of horizontal tubes. For the single-tube case, the inertia effects are included and the vapor is assumed to be stationary outside the vapor boundary layer. Velocity and temperature profiles are obtained for the case μvρv/μρ ≪ 1 and similarity is found to exist exactly near the top stagnation point, and approximately for the most part of the tube. Heat-transfer results computed with these similar profiles are presented and discussed. For the multiple-tube case, the analysis includes the effect of condensation between tubes, which is shown to be partly responsible for the high observed heat-transfer rate for vertical tube banks. The inertia effects are neglected due to the insufficiency of boundary-layer theory in this case. Heat-transfer coefficients are presented and compared with experiments. The theoretical results for both cases are also presented in approximate formulas for ease of application.


2011 ◽  
Vol 241 (7) ◽  
pp. 2544-2548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Eok Kim ◽  
Ki Hoon Yang ◽  
Kyung Won Hwang ◽  
Young Ho Ha ◽  
Moo Hwan Kim

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