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Analysis of combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion on laminar forced convection heat transfer in a vertical tube

Journal Article · · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3250489· OSTI ID:5477299
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  1. National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
This study investigates the role of vaporization of a thin liquid film onthe tube wall in laminar mixed convection flows under the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion. Results are specifically presented for an air-water system under various conditions. The effects of the liquid film temperature, the Reynolds number, and the relative humidity of the moist air in the ambient on the momentum, heat, and mass transfer in the flow are examined in great detail.
OSTI ID:
5477299
Journal Information:
Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 110:2; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English