Condensation Heat Transfer on Geometrically Enhanced Horizontal Tube: A Review

Abstract

In this chapter, an attempt has been made to present the recent state of knowledge of free-convection condensation heat transfer on geometrically enhanced tubes. This sur-vey is divided into three sections. The first section concentrates on research on conden-sate flooding or retention. The second and the third sections cover the experimental and the theoretical work on geometrically enhanced tubes, respectively.