scholarly journals Steam Condensation in the Presence of a Noncondensable Gas in a Horizontal Tube

Author(s):  
Kwon-Yeong Lee ◽  
Moo Hwan
2018 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djamel Hammoudi ◽  
Azzedine Benabdesselam ◽  
Abdelwahid Azzi ◽  
Mohamed Aboudou Kassim

Author(s):  
A. V. Morozov ◽  
O. V. Remizov ◽  
A. A. Tsyganok

The experimental investigations of non-condensable gases effect on the steam condensation inside multirow horizontal tube bundle of heat exchanger under heat transfer to boiling water were carried out at the large-scale test facility in the Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE). The experiments were carried out for natural circulation conditions in primary and secondary circuits of the facility at primary circuit steam pressure of Ps1 = 0.34 MPa. The experimental heat exchanger’s tube bundle consists of 248 horizontal coiled tubes arranged in 62 rows. Each row consists of 4 stainless steel tubes of 16 mm in outer diameter, 1.5 mm in wall thickness and of 10.2 m in length. The experimental heat exchanger was equipped with more than 100 thermocouples enabling the temperatures of primary and secondary facility circuits to be controlled in both tube bundle and in the inter-tubular space. The non-condensable gases with different density — nitrogen and helium were used in the experiments. The volumetric content of gases in tube bundle amounted to ε = 0.49. The empirical correlation for the prediction of the relative heat transfer coefficient k/k0 = f (ε) for steam condensation in steam-gas mixture was obtained.


2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Guo Yang ◽  
Xiao Li Ju ◽  
Sheng Ye

The heat transfer characteristic of steam condensation in a 50mm diameter and 30° inclined tube was experimentally investigated. Based on the experiment and Akhavan-Behabadi correlation, a new correlation has been developed. It is shown that the heat transfer coefficients for the inclined tube are approximately 1.06-2.98 times higher than those for the horizontal tube. The heat transfer coefficients predicted by Shah correlation, Würfel correlation and Akhavan-Behabadi correlation deviate greatly, though Akhavan-Behabadi correlation is better. But by the developed correlation, more accurate heat transfer coefficients are predicted than Shah correlation, Würfel correlation and Akhavan-Behabadi correlation, and the deviation is less than 15%. The developed empirical correlation is a better one to predict heat transfer coefficients for steam condensation in larger diameter inclined tubes.


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