ted, pure steam at a temperature of 170 oC condenses on the outer surface of a vertical tube of outer diameter 2 cm and length 1.5 m. The tube surface is maintained at a uniform temperature of 150 oC. Calculate: the local film condensation heat-trans

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Saturated, pure steam at a temperature of 170 oC condenses on the outer surface of a vertical tube of outer diameter 2 cm and length 1.5 m. The tube surface is maintained at a uniform temperature of 150 oC.

Calculate:

  1. the local film condensation heat-transfer coefficient at the bottom of the tube.

     

  2. the average condensation heat-transfer coefficient over the entire length of the tube.

  3. the total condensation rate at the tube surface.

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