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Condensation of vapour on sub‐cooled liquid columns‐application to the thermal design of shell‐and‐tube condensers
Author(s) -
Briggs A.,
Bui H. H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.1116
Subject(s) - tube (container) , condensation , thermal , mass transfer , mechanics , shell (structure) , volumetric flow rate , mass flow rate , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , materials science , nuclear engineering , engineering , physics , composite material
Energy and mass transfer to a column of condensate draining by gravity between two successive tubes has been analysed theoretically. The results of the model agree well with previous experimental data where the variation in condensate temperature with distance from the upper tube was measured. The analysis provides a basic tool for the thermal analysis of inundated tubes by eliminating the need to make assumptions about the condensate inundation temperature and mass flow rate on such tubes. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.