DISCUSSIONS

Heat flux increases with steam pressure and the temperature difference between the steam and the
condenser surface. In the same conditions, the values for heat flux for each set value of pressure is
higher using dropwise condensation that by using filmwise condensation.
The Heat Flux in dropwise condensation can be more than twenty times larger than in
filmwise at atmospheric pressure,. This depends on how the condensation forms on the condenser. The
vapour drops in dropwise condensation are continually formed and discrete. They are released
which continually exposed the surface of the condenser . The surface of the condenser always being
covered by the film created in filmwise condensation .This film are poor conductor of heat, thus creating
a thermal resistance which will reduce the value for Heat Flux for filmwise in comparison to dropwise
condensation (3).
To prove either the experiment is accurate, the values for the Heat Transfer Coefficient in the
filmwise condenser were compared to the values which are obtained theoretically using the Nusselt
equation (3). The experimental results is lower than the theotrical result. This may be cause by the
presence of non-condensable gases in the steam vapour .
The graph shows that for a certain temperature difference, the Heat Flux for a condenser using
steam mixed with 5% of air is significantly smaller than pure steam. The magnitude of this difference
increases with temperature difference. In the case of Heat Transfer Coefficients, the value for both
steam and steam with air approaches zero, but when the steam is mixed with air it is consistently low.