In this paper

the performance of fluid dynamics and heat transfer between continuous and dispersed phases is studied for pentane-water system in a gas-liquid-liquid three-phase vertical tube. The gas-liquid-liquid three-phase section is divided into two stages. In the first stage the droplets number density is assumed to be unvarying but the diameter increases gradually

while in the second stage the diameter of droplet is kept constant value but the droplet number density is a variable. Under this assumption some models such as one-dimensional two-fluid dynamics model

local volumetric heat transfer coefficient

average volumetric heat transfer coefficient and single droplet heat transfer coefficient are developed. These models take into account the variation of gas density due to expansion in the tube

the evaporation of continuous-phase water

the action of interfacial tension

the velocity slip and interaction between gas and liquid

and two-phase bubbles break-up. The main characteristic parameters of fluid flow are also analyzed in detail. The calculated results showed good agreement with the experimental values.