Laminar film condensation heat transfer on a vertical, non-isothermal, semi-infinite plate

• Main Author: Shu, Jian Jun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94698; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8764
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...