Direct contact condensers: a comprehensive review of experimental and numerical investigations on direct-contact condensation

P Madejski, T Kuś, P Michalak, M Karch… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Direct contact heat exchangers can be smaller, cheaper, and have simpler construction than
the surface, shell, or tube heat exchangers of the same capacity and can operate in …

Numerical simulation of direct contact condensation of subsonic steam injected in a water pool using VOF method and LES turbulence model

SQ Li, P Wang, T Lu - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The direct-contact condensation (DCC) of subsonic steam injected into a subcooled water
pool has been simulated using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) multiphase flow model and Large …

Numerical investigation on thermal hydraulic characteristics of steam jet condensation in subcooled water flow in pipes

Q Xu, L Liang, Y She, X Xie, L Guo - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the high efficiency of heat and mass transfer, the direct contact condensation of
the steam jet in subcooled water has been widely used in various industrial processes …

Flow characteristic of steam jet condensed into a water pipe flow-a numerical study

Q Xu, Y Zhu, H Zhou, Y She, L Guo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas-liquid two-phase jet condensation has a property of high heat and mass transfer
efficiency, thereby its theory and method becoming an urgent requirement for optimization …

Numerical study on effects of nozzle hole spacing distance on steam submerged jet condensation from triangular holes spray nozzle

A Quddus, A Shah, KR Qureshi, A Tahir… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Steam-water direct contact condensation (DCC) is a phenomenon which is frequently found
in the industrial sector due to its rapid and efficient heat and mass exchange rates. In this …

The influence of initial sizes and velocities of water droplets on transfer characteristics at high-temperature gas flow

RS Volkov, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014 - Elsevier
We report the executed experimental investigation of initial sizes and velocities of water
droplets movement influence on integral characteristics of its transfer (motion trajectories …

Interfacial characteristics of steam jet condensation in subcooled water pipe flow–An experimental and numerical study

Q Xu, C Liu, Q Liu, Y Zhu, H Zhou, L Guo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Subsonic and sonic steam jet condensation in subcooled water pipe flow is investigated
experimentally and numerically. Steam plumes are captured using a high-speed camera …

Experimental investigation of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets influence on integral characteristics of their evaporation during motion through high …

RS Volkov, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - International Journal of Thermal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Experimental investigation of influence of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets
on integral characteristics of their evaporation during the motion through high-temperature …

CFD based approach for modeling steam–water direct contact condensation in subcooled water flow in a tee junction

SQ Li, P Wang, T Lu - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of direct contact condensation (DCC) is encountered in several
components of a nuclear power plant in case of some transient and accident conditions …

Direct contact condensation of steam jet in crossflow of water in a vertical pipe. Experimental investigation on condensation regime diagram and jet penetration length

Q Xu, L Guo - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016 - Elsevier
The direct contact condensation of jets in fluid has been of great importance in many
industrial applications. Experiments on condensing jets in initially stagnant fluid in pool have …