EFFECT OF SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES AND FINISH ON DROPWISE CONDENSATION
EFFECT OF SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES AND FINISH ON DROPWISE CONDENSATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0017-9310(67)90114-7
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
LEE, MS
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作者:
GRIFFITH, P;LEE, MS
Heat-transfer coefficient measurements for the dropwise condensation of steam at 1 atm on a horizontal surface facing down have been completed using oleic acid as the promoter. The test surfaces consisted of thick discs about 2 in. in diameter and1.(a) gold plate on 1·125 in of copper,2.(b) gold plate on 0·094 in of zinc and 1 in of copper,3.(c) gold plate on 0·12 in of stainless steel and 1 in of copper.The heat-transfer coefficients were found to be independent of surface subcooling in the range of 2–20°F and equal to:h= 10000Btu/h2degFfor copper,h= 4500Btu/h2degFfor zinc,h= 2000Btu/hft2degFfor stainless steel.It is concluded that: (1) a 20-fold reduction in base material thermal conductivity gives a 5-fold reduction in the heat-transfer coefficient; (2) dropwise condensation heat-transfer coefficients are conduction limited with nucleation effects negligible in the 2–20°F subcooling range; (3) unexplained discrepancies exist between the nucleation effects inferred from these experiments and the direct nucleation measurements presented in the literature.