Internal condensing flows inside a vertical pipe: Experimental/computational investigations of the effects of specified and unspecified (free) conditions at exit

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1352-1372

  Narain, A ^a   Kurita, J H ^a   Kivisalu, M ^a   Siemionko, A ^a   Kulkarni, S ^a   Ng, T W ^a   Kim, N ^a   Phan, L ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Film condensation; Interfacial waves; Phase change heat transfer; Two phase flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; FLOW FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; STEADY FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

FILM CONDENSATION; INTERFACIAL WAVES; OSCILLATORY FLOW; VAPOR FLOW;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); FLOW FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; STEADY FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

EID: 36749029553     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2755063     Document Type: Article

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