| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N24339/01 |
| Title: |
EXPERIMENTAL & THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF IN-TUBE CONDENSATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Rose, Professor J |
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| Department: |
School of Engineering & Materials Scienc |
| Organisation: |
Queen Mary University of London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
06 March 2000 |
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05 March 2002 |
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27,480
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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The primary motivation for he work is the need for a reliable design code for predicting condensation and heat transfer from exhaust gases in small non-circular passages of heat-exchangers of future non-polluting engines. This is a complex problem involving diffusion and heat transfer in the gas stream and heat transfer in the condensate which is driven by shear stress from the flowing mixture and influenced to a lesser degree by gravity.The proposed approach is based on earlier studies made by the principal investigator into condensation of steam in the presence of hydorgen in steam generator tubes of nuclear power plant following a Three Mile Island accident. In the latter case the tube is vertical and has relatively large diameter when, with the lower vapour flow rate, the condensate flow is primarily gravity driven. The new code will be quite different owing to the different orientation and the facts that the tube is not circular, has small cross section and the condensate is primarily shear-stress dirven. However, a similar structure is envisaged. A new experimental apparatus will be designed and built and used to obtain accurate data to validate the code. The overall timescale envisaged for the project is two years.
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