A Test Facility to Measure Heat Transfer Performance of Advanced Condenser Tubes.
Abstract
An experimental test facility capable of investigating plain and enhanced condenser tube heat transfer characteristics was designed and built. The completed facility, including a stainless steel test condenser, has the capability of testing tubes under simulated marine condiions utilizing variable steam flowrate and orientation, cooling water flowrate and temperature, vacuum pressure, non-condensable gas concentration, and condensate inundation effects. The test condenser has the capability of being tested with a wide variety of tubing configurations and has glass windows on both sides to view the condensation process over nearly its entire length. Initial test will be performed using 5/8 inch tubes. Data will be automatically gathered and processed to yield the overall, internal and external heat transfer coefficients of corrugated or internally finned tubes operating with filmwise or dropwise condensation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA035838
Entities
People
- Andrew Conrad Beck Ii
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School