Laminar film condensation from a downward-flowing steam-air mixture onto a horizontal circular tube

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1944-1956

  Chen, Cha'o Kuang ^a   Lin, Yan Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circular tube; Laminar film condensation; Non condensable gas

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIQUID FILMS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEAM CONDENSERS; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

AIR MASS FRACTIONS; AIR MIXTURES; CIRCULAR TUBE; CIRCULAR TUBES; CONDENSABLE GASSES; CONDENSATE FILM THICKNESSES; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FILM CONDENSATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; INLET AIRS; LAMINAR FILM CONDENSATION; LAMINAR FILM CONDENSATIONS; LAMINAR FILMWISE CONDENSATIONS; LIQUID FILM THICKNESSES; LIQUID PHASES; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFERS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBERS; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; VOLUME METHODS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

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EID: 57649084054     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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