Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 180, 2018
EFM17 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2017
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Article Number | 02033 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Contributions | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818002033 | |
Published online | 04 June 2018 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818002033
Effect of flow velocity on the process of air-steam condensation in a vertical tube condenser
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energy Engineering, Technicka 4, 16607 Prague 6, Czech Republic
* Corresponding author: jan.havlik@fs.cvut.cz
Published online: 4 June 2018
This article describes the influence of flow velocity on the condensation process in a vertical tube. For the case of condensation in a vertical tube condenser, both the pure steam condensation process and the air-steam mixture condensation process were theoretically and experimentally analyzed. The influence of steam flow velocity on the value of the heat transfer coefficient during the condensation process was evaluated. For the condensation of pure steam, the influence of flow velocity on the value of the heat transfer coefficient begins to be seen at higher speeds, conversely, this effect is negligible at low values of steam velocity. On the other hand, for the air-steam mixture condensation, the influence of flow velocity must always be taken into account. The flow velocity affects the water vapor diffusion process through non-condensing air. The presence of air significantly reduces the value of the heat transfer coefficient. This drop in the heat transfer coefficient is significant at low velocities; on the contrary, the decrease is relatively small at high values of the velocity.
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