Heat Transfer Investigation during Condensation on the Horizontal Pipe

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental investigation of condensation heat transfer by gradient heatmetry. The experiments were carried out during the condensation of saturated steam at atmospheric pressure on the cooled surface of a horizontal pipe. The distributions of the local heat flux, surface temperature, and heat transfer coefficient along the circumference of the horizontal pipe were experimentally determined. The surface average condensation heat flux on the horizontal pipe was about 141.06 kW/m2. The proposed method allows us to determine the area of condensate accumulation on the pipe (in the range of azimuth angle φ = 150…180∘) in which the heat flux decreases by 34% of the average value. The heat flux per unit area relative uncertainty was about 5.2%. The surface-averaged heat transfer coefficient during condensation on the horizontal pipe was about 5.5 kW/(m2×K), and relative uncertainty was about 9.4%.

Keywords

• condensation heat transfer
• gradient heatmetry
• single horizontal pipe
• heat transfer coefficient distribution
• heat flux fluctuations