YAN Yan, DONG Jixian. Condensation heat transfer characteristic and flow pattern of steam in rectangular tube with different aspect ratio[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (9): 3851-3858.
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YAN Yan, DONG Jixian. Condensation heat transfer characteristic and flow pattern of steam in rectangular tube with different aspect ratio[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (9): 3851-3858.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20180253.
Condensation heat transfer characteristic and flow pattern of steam in rectangular tube with different aspect ratio
An investigation on single side condensation of vapor inside a horizontal rectangular tube was performed. The influences of tube aspect ratio on flow pattern
heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop were analyzed. Annular flow
annular-wave flow
wave flow
slug flow
plug flow and bubbly flow are observed. Flow pattern appearing in larger aspect ratio tube was more comprehensive than in small one. The area occupied by the annular flow increased with the decrease of the aspect ratio
but the difference gradually decreases with the increase of mass flow rates. Heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop increased with aspect ratio decreased while mass flow rate was small. With the mass flow rate increased
the difference for heat transfer coefficient decreased while for pressure drop increased.