This paper discusses about the effect of un-wetted area of tube on the heat
transfer performance of horizontal tube falling film evaporation. A 2D CFD
model was developed to perform simulations and investigate the output and
validated them with published data available in the literature. In the
present study the VOF method is used to track the boundary of the liquid
vapour from the contours of volume fraction. Effect of varying tube wall
temperature or wall super heat (6 to 11?C) on un-wetted area, heat transfer
co-efficients and mass transfer co-efficients of the circular tube were
obtained from the simulation model and the results were analysed and reasons
were identified and discussed here. The threshold value of wall super heat
above which phase change occurs between liquid film and tube surface is
identified as 6?C. Also it is noted that mass transfer rate increases and
then decreases with increase of wall super heat and heat transfer
co-efficient showed declining trend.
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