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1.1. Condenser: Pragati Engineering College (Autonomous)

This document discusses heat transfer enhancement techniques for condensers. It begins with an introduction explaining the importance of enhancing heat transfer rates in power plants, cooling systems, and other applications to save energy and reduce costs. Condensers are essential components that transfer heat between fluids. The document then discusses condensers in more detail. Condensation can occur through either dropwise or film condensation depending on whether the condensate wets the surface. Dropwise condensation has a higher heat transfer coefficient. Many techniques exist to increase thermal performance and energy efficiency of heat exchangers, known as heat transfer enhancement techniques.

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1.1. Condenser: Pragati Engineering College (Autonomous)

This document discusses heat transfer enhancement techniques for condensers. It begins with an introduction explaining the importance of enhancing heat transfer rates in power plants, cooling systems, and other applications to save energy and reduce costs. Condensers are essential components that transfer heat between fluids. The document then discusses condensers in more detail. Condensation can occur through either dropwise or film condensation depending on whether the condensate wets the surface. Dropwise condensation has a higher heat transfer coefficient. Many techniques exist to increase thermal performance and energy efficiency of heat exchangers, known as heat transfer enhancement techniques.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The energy conversion is associated with the power plants, units cooling,
refrigeration and air condition, aerospace and automobiles, the need to enhance the heat
transfer rates has become strongly needed because it's related to saving of energy,
decrease the period of operation and increase the equipment life. Heat condenser is
essential component of these systems. Heat condenser is a tool which used for transfer
enthalpy between two or more fluids. The function of optimal heat exchanger is to make
maximum possible heat transfer rate all together with minimum cost, minimum Pressure
losses, and with reduce the size of the part. In a heat exchanger the heat flows from hot
temperature to cold temperature region by conduction from side to side in the wall,
however, it's convection heat transfer equipment, because its performance are governs by
convection which it always forced. Many techniques were used to increase the heat
exchangers thermal performance thereby increasing energy, affecting material,
decreasing the cost and minimizing the size. These techniques are called heat transfer
enhancement.
1.1. CONDENSER
The change from liquid phase to vapor phase is called vaporization and the reverse phase
transfer is condensation. The change from liquid to vapor or vapor to liquid occurs at one
temperature (called saturation or equilibrium temperature) for a pure fluid compound at
given pressure. The industrial practice of vaporization and condensation occurs at almost
constant pressure; therefore the phase change occurs isothermally. Condensation occurs
by two different physical mechanisms i.e. drop-wise condensation and film condensation.
The nature of the condensation depends upon whether the condensate (liquid formed
from vapor) wets or does not wet the solid surface. If the condensate wets the surface and
flows on the surface in the form of a film, it is called film condensation. When the
condensate does not wet the solid surface and the condensate is accumulated in the form
of droplets, is drop-wise condensation. Heat transfer coefficient is about 4 to 8 times
higher for drop wise condensation. The condensate forms a liquid film on the
baresurfacein case of film condensation. The heat transfer coefficient is lower for film
condensation due to the resistance of this liquid film.Dropwise condensation occurs

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