Theory of laminar film condensation

This book deals with steady laminar film condensation on a vertical flat surface as a base for clarifying film condensation phenomena. The numerical analyses are mainly confined to the similarity solution of the vapor liquid two-phase boundary layer equations, and the results are formulated so as to be useful in understanding the condensation characteristics as well as practical applications. Comparisons between theory and experiment, the method of integral approximation, turbulent film condensation, condensation of a rarefied vapor, fluid flow and heat transfer in a condenser, etc., are not taken up in this book