Heat transfer during condensation of water vapour in the presence of non-condensable gas in vertical tube of small diameter

Abstract

The paper deals with a detailed analysis of published analytical relations for heat transfer during steam condensation in a vertical tube. The historical development of the approaches and the chronological development of the used analytical relations are presented. Attention is focused on the description of the processes at the gas phase-condensate film interface as well as on the inclusion of the influence of the presence of non-condensable gases. The analytical relations in 12 modifications are compared with each other for the same geometrical configuration of the vertical tube and identical boundary conditions. The authors performed comparative experimental measurements of the heat transfer coefficient during condensation of the vapour-gas mixture in vertical tubes of three diameters, namely 16, 20 and 26 mm. Based on a comparison of the experimental results and analytical relations, recommendations are made on the validity interval of the tested relations.

Keywords

• Condensation
• Heat transfer
• Water vapour
• Non-condensable gas
• Vertical tube
• Experiment