Condensation in a vertical tube bundle passive condenser - Part 1: Through flow condensation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 1146-1155

  Zhou, Wenzhong ^a   Henderson, Gavin ^a   Revankar, Shripad T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer model; Non condensable gas; Passive condenser; Through flow condensation; Tube bundle

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; CONDENSATE RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CONDENSATION; FLOW MODES; INLET STEAM FLOW RATE; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; STEAM CONDENSATION; STEAM FLOW RATE; SYSTEM PRESSURE; TUBE BUNDLE; VERTICAL TUBE; WATER POOLS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); GASES; STEAM; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONDENSER TUBES;

EID: 72649104779     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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