TY - JOUR
TI - Condensation inside smooth horizontal tubes: Part 1. Survey of the methods of heat-exchange prediction
AU - Rifert Volodymyr G
AU - Sereda Volodymyr V
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 5
SP - 1769
EP - 1789
PT - Article
AB - Survey of the works on condensation inside smooth horizontal tubes published  from 1955 to 2013 has been performed. Theoretical and experimental  investigations, as well as more than 25 methods and correlations for heat  transfer prediction are considered. It is shown that accuracy of this  prediction depends on the accuracy of volumetric vapor content and pressure  drop at the interphase. The necessity of new studies concerning both local  heat transfer coefficients and film condensation along tube perimeter and  length under annular, stratified and intermediate regimes of phase flow was  substantiated. These characteristics being defined will allow determining  more precisely the boundaries of the flow regimes and the methods of heat  transfer prediction.