ISSN Online: 2377-424X
International Heat Transfer Conference 4
A SYNTHESIS OF THE TOTAL PROCESS OF DROPWISE CONDENSATION USING THE METHOD OF COMPUTER SIMULATION
Аннотация
A digital computer method of simulating the phenomenon of dropwise condensation was developed. At first, the entire process of condensation was simulated and a relation between the heat transfer coefficient and the number
density of nucleation sites was obtained. But, as it was found out that the capacity of digital computers available at present limited the further extension of this procedure, so the attention was turned to the process of
drop growth by coalescence. The analysis utilizing both the computer simulation and the results of the experimental observations revealed a significant
characteristic of the growth process, which seems to promise the possibility of the use of this method in future.