Laminar film condensation inside and outside vertical diverging/converging small channels : a theoretical study

• Main Authors: Liu, Pengfei, Ho, Jin Yao, Wong, Teck Neng, Toh, Kok Chuan
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Condensation Heat Transfer Enhancement; Diverging/Converging Small Channels
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154302
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A theoretical study is conducted on laminar film condensation inside and outside the diverging/converging channels. An exact solution together with two approximate solutions are developed and compared. The rate of increment of the dimensionless film thickness is found to increase as the diverging an...