Film condensation induced by a natural convective flow: Steady-state analysis

In this paper we study the laminar condensation process of a saturated vapor in contact with one side of a Vertical thin plate, caused by a natural laminar boundary layer flow on the other surface of the plate. The effects of both longitudinal and transversal heat conduction in the plate are conside...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mendez, F, Treviño, C
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/3389
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/3389
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermodynamics
Engineering, Mechanical
Mechanics
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Sumario:In this paper we study the laminar condensation process of a saturated vapor in contact with one side of a Vertical thin plate, caused by a natural laminar boundary layer flow on the other surface of the plate. The effects of both longitudinal and transversal heat conduction in the plate are considered. The momentum and energy balance equations are reduced to a system of differential equations with five parameters. Asymptotic and numerical solutions for the temperature and condensed film thickness distributions are presented for all possible Values of the nondimensional plate thermal conductance alpha. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.