Steam condenser thermal design theories
Abstract
Test data and prediction methods for condensation in steam condenser tube banks are reviewed. Standards for thermal rating; effect of vapor velocity; vapor shear and inundation in tube banks; correction factors to the Nusselt equation; and equations for the combined effect of vapor shear and inundation are discussed. Effects of noncondensible gases; tube side heat transfer; and expressions for combined tube side and shell side heat transfer are considered. Frictional, gravitational, momentum, and pressure drop trends; and the role of access lanes to reduce pressure drop are outlined. Computer models of condensers, including algebraic representations of the field equations, are summarized.
- Publication:
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In Von Karman Inst. for Fluid Dynamics Aerothermodyn. of Low Pressure Steam Turbines and Condensers
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983alps....2.....D
- Keywords:
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- Aerothermodynamics;
- Condensers (Liquefiers);
- Convective Heat Transfer;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Steam Turbines;
- Structural Design;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Flow Velocity;
- Nusselt Number;
- Pressure Distribution;
- Tube Heat Exchangers;
- Water Vapor;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer