Ys. Chin et al., A two-phase boundary-layer model for laminar mixed-convection condensationwith a noncondensable gas on inclined plates, HEAT MASS T, 34(4), 1998, pp. 271-277
A finite-volume-based numerical model for mixed-convection laminar film con
densation from a flowing mixture of a vapor and a heavier noncondensable ga
s on inclined isothermal flat plates is presented. The full boundary layer
equations for the liquid film and the vapor-gas mixtures (including liquid
inertia and energy convection terms) are solved implicitly with appropriate
liquid-mixture interface conditions. Results were obtained for three mixtu
res, covering wide ranges of liquid Prandtl number and free-stream gas conc
entration in the forced-convection, mixed-convection and free-convection fl
ow regimes. The effects of liquid inertia were found to be significant only
for low-Prandtl-number fluids and lower gas concentrations. The effects of
liquid energy convection were found to be significant only for high-Prandt
l-number fluids and to be most significant for mixed-convection condensatio
n.