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This study examines energy transport associated with liquid film condensation in natural convection flows driven by differences in density due to temperature and concentration gradients. The condensation problem is based on the thin-film assumptions. The most common compositional gradient, which is encountered in humid air at ambient temperature is considered. A steady laminar Boussinesq flow of an ideal gas–vapor mixture is studied for the case of a vertical parallel plate channel. New correlations for the latent and sensible Nusselt numbers are established, and the heat and mass transfer analogy between the sensible Nusselt number and Sherwood number is demonstrated.
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Received on 15 November 1999
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Desrayaud, G., Lauriat, G. Heat and mass transfer analogy for condensation of humid air in a vertical channel. Heat and Mass Transfer 37, 67–76 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310000133
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310000133