Abstract
The effects of interficial shear between liquid film and flowing-steam cannot be neglected during the steam condensation process in vertical tubes, and the Nusselt condensation model should be modified. In this paper, the heat transfer characteristics of steam condensation in vertical tube were investigated by experiments. Both the Nusselt theoretical model and the modified model considering interficial shear effects were adopted and compared with the experimental measurements. The results show that interfacial shear stress have significant influence on the liquid film flow state and thin liquid film thickness, which further results in higher condensation heat transfer coefficient. As the modified model considers interficial shear correctly, and its calculation results agree well with the experimental results.
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