scholarly journals Computational Study of Liquid Film Evaporation along a Wavy Wall of a Vertical Channel

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monssif Najim ◽  
M’barek Feddaoui ◽  
Abderrahman Nait Alla ◽  
Adil Charef
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Wavy Wall ◽  
Gas Phases ◽  
Multiple Parameters ◽  
Film Evaporation

A numerical study of mixed convection heat and mass transfer along a vertical channel with a wavy wall is performed. The wavy wall is heated by a constant flux, while the other is adiabatic. The discretisation of equations in both liquid and gas phases is realised using an implicit finite difference scheme. Results of simulation compare the effect of multiple parameters, especially amplitude and characteristic length of the curve, on the liquid film evaporation process. The results indicate that heat and mass transfer is enhanced by increasing the amplitude and number of wall waves. Moreover, a very small value of waves amplitude of the wall may reduce the sensible heat and mass transfer.

scholarly journals Numerical study of heat and mass transfer during evaporation of a turbulent binary liquid film

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1529-1540
Author(s):  
Larbi Khalal ◽  
M’barek Feddaoui ◽  
Touria Mediouni
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Vertical Tube ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Volatile Components ◽  
Binary Liquid ◽  
Study Results

This paper deals with a computational study for analysing heat and mass exchanges in the evaporation of a turbulent binary liquid film (water-ethanol and water-methanol) along a vertical tube. The film is in co-current with the dry air and the tube wall is subjected to a uniform heat flux. The effect of gas-liquid phase coupling, variable thermophysical properties and film vaporization are considered in the analysis. The numerical method applied solves the coupled governing equations together with the boundary and interfacial conditions. The algebraic systems of equations obtained are solved using the Thomas algorithm. The results concern the effects of the inlet liquid Reynolds number and inlet film composition on the intensity of heat and mass transfer. In this study, results obtained show that heat transferred through the latent mode is more pronounced when the concentration of volatile components is higher in the liquid mixture .The comparisons of wall temperature and accumulated mass evaporation rate with the literature results are in good agreement.

scholarly journals Numerical study of heat and mass transfer during evaporation of a thin liquid film

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1805-1819 ◽  
Author(s):  
M’hand Oubella ◽  
M’barek Feddaoui ◽  
Rachid Mir
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Thin Liquid Film ◽  
Simple Algorithm ◽  
Liquid Films ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Film Evaporation

A numerical study of mixed convection heat and mass transfer with film evaporation in a vertical channel is developed. The emphasis is focused on the effects of vaporization of three different liquid films having widely different properties, along the isothermal and wetted walls on the heat and mass transfer rates in the channel. The induced laminar downward flow is a mixture of blowing dry air and vapour of water, methanol or acetone, assumed as ideal gases. A two-dimensional steady state and elliptical flow model, connected with variable thermo-physical properties, is used and the phase change problem is based on thin liquid film assumptions. The governing equations of the model are solved by a finite volume method and the velocity-pressure fields are linked by SIMPLE algorithm. The numerical results, including the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles, as well as axial variations of Nusselt numbers, Sherwood number and dimensionless film evaporation rate are presented for two values of inlet temperature and Reynolds number. It was found that lower the inlet temperature and Re, the higher the induced flows cooling with respect of most volatile film. The better mass transfer rates related with film evaporation are found for a system with low mass diffusion coefficient.

Heat and mass transfer in binary film evaporation and condensation in vertical channel

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Abdelaziz Nasr ◽  
Abdulmajeed S. Al-Ghamdi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Evaporation And Condensation ◽  
Film Evaporation ◽  
Binary Liquid ◽  
Water Condensation

Evaporation and condensation in the presence of binary liquid film flowing on one of two parallel vertical plates by mixed convection have been studied numerically. The first plate is adiabatic and wetted by a binary liquid film while the second one is dry and isothermal. The results concern the effects of the inlet parameters on the ethylene glycol evaporation and on the water condensation. Results obtained show that the increase of the inlet vapor concentration of water benefits its condensation and the increase of the inlet vapor concentration of ethylene glycol inhibits its evaporation.

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