Condensation inside and outside smooth and enhanced tubes: a review of recent research
Condensation inside and outside smooth and enhanced tubes: a review of recent research
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10.1016/s0140-7007(02)00150-0
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2003-06
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A. Cavallini;Giuseppe Censi;D. Col;L. Doretti;G. Longo;L. Rossetto;C. Zilio
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A. Cavallini;Giuseppe Censi;D. Col;L. Doretti;G. Longo;L. Rossetto;C. Zilio
Condensation heat transfer, both inside and outside horizontal tubes, plays a key role in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump applications. In the recent years the science of condensation heat transfer has been severely challenged by the adoption of substitute working fluids and new enhanced surfaces for heat exchangers. Well-known and widely established semiempirical correlations to predict heat transfer during condensation may show to be quite inaccurate in some new applications, and consequently a renewed effort is now being dedicated to the characterisation of flow conditions and associated predictive procedures for heat transfer and pressure drop of condensing vapours, even in the form of zeotropic mixtures. This paper critically reviews the most recent results appeared in the open literature and pertinent to thermal design of condensers for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry; both in-tube and bundle condensation are considered, related to the use of plain and enhanced surfaces.