Condenser pressure drop
Condenser pressure drop
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Can anyone refer me to an accurate way of calculating pressure drop in tubes while condensing is occuring.
Thank you
Thank you
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RE: Condenser pressure drop
RE: Condenser pressure drop
I am looking for a way to calculate the pressure drop not just the answer. Can you refer me to any tabulated pressure drops results for steam that you mention?
www.exactexchanger.com
RE: Condenser pressure drop
What you are really asking for is a two-phase pressure drop correlation. I suggest you look into the Lockhart-Martinelli correlations. A quick Google search turns up lots of references.
Regards,
Speco
RE: Condenser pressure drop
Boiling Heat Transfer And Two-Phase Flow
Wait until you see what you're getting yourself into! If you are serious about this branch of heat transfer / fluid flow, ASME has an on-line course dealing with this very subject. I found it very useful.
RE: Condenser pressure drop
The Wolverine web sie is: www.wlv.com
RE: Condenser pressure drop
Please be careful with using the Wolverine material. It's not that there is anything wrong with it, it's just that I think you work with finned tube air-cooled exchangers and NOT tube and shell like the Wolverine info is meant for. Tube orientation and circuitry are critical to the methodology you use when calculating this type of heat transfer. Generally speaking, tube and shell designs for condensing service consist in a bundle of individual tubes that don't communicate except at their inlet and outlet. This is not like the product on your reference website so far as I can tell.