Laminar film condensation of a liquid metal in a vertical channel with variations in wall temperature
Abstract
The problem of laminar film condensation of a turbulent liquid metal vapor on a vertical channel wall is analyzed by solving the boundary layer form of the conservation equations. Included in the problem were results due to an applied electromagnetic field and a variable channel wall temperature. The vapor phase is assumed to enter the condenser at its saturation temperature. It is also shown that the saturation temperature of the vapor remains constant and, therefore, the energy equation for the vapor phase need not be solved. The problem is solved using liquid sodium as the condensing fluid while results are given for both water and liquid sodium as cooling fluids. The temperature drop across the condensate film is shown to be small and, thus, liquid properties are assumed constant throughout the analysis.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977PhDT.......129S
- Keywords:
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- Film Condensation;
- Laminar Flow;
- Liquid Sodium;
- Channel Flow;
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Wall Temperature;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer