| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R46953/01 |
| Title: |
Experimental and 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: |
01 June 2001 |
Ends: |
31 May 2003 |
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23,710
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Energy |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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The primary motivation for the work is the need for a reliable design code for predicting condensationand heat transfer from exhaust gases in small non-circular passages of heat-exchangers of future nonpolluting (hydrogen/fuel cell) engines. This is a complex problem involving diffusion and heattransfer in the gas stream and heat transfer in the condensate which is driven by shear stress from theflowing mixture and influenced to a lesser degree by gravity.The proposed approach is based on earlier studies made by the principal investigator into condensationof steam in the presence of hydrogen 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 diameterwhen, with the lower vapour flow rate, the condensate flow is primarily gravity driven. The new codewill be quite different owing to the different orientation and the facts that the tube is not circular, hassmall cross-section and the condensate is primarily shear-stress driven. However, a similar structure isenvisaged. A new experimental apparatus to obtain accurate data to validate the code has beendesigned and largely built. The overall time scale envisaged for the project is two years.
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