Review Article

Modelling of Heat Transfer Phenomena for Vertical and Horizontal Configurations of In-Pool Condensers and Comparison with Experimental Findings

Table 1

IC data, taken as reference for the calculations.

ParameterChoice

Tube outer diameter50.8 mm
Tube inner diameter46.2 mm
Tube thickness2.3 mm
Thermal conductivity17.4 W/mK
Pressure72.4 bar
Fouling5·10-5m2K/W
Plugging5% of tubes
Thermal power35 MW
Number of tubes240 (2 units of IC)
Flowrate per tube0.103 kg/s
Mass flux G61.47 kg/sm2