Laminar film condensation heat transfer on a vertical, non-isothermal, semi-infinite plate
This paper gives similarity transformations for laminar film condensation on a vertical flat plate with variable temperature distribution and finds analytical solutions for arbitrary Prandtl numbers and condensation rates. The work contrasts with Sparrow and Gregg’s assertion that wall tempera...
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94698 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8764 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Summary: | This paper gives similarity transformations for laminar film condensation on a vertical flat plate
with variable temperature distribution and finds analytical solutions for arbitrary Prandtl numbers and condensation
rates. The work contrasts with Sparrow and Gregg’s assertion that wall temperature variation does not
permit similarity solutions. To resolve the long debatable issue regarding heat transfer of non-isothermal case,
some useful formulas are obtained, including significant correlations for varying Prandtl numbers. Results are
compared with the available experimental data. |
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