Review Article

Steam Condensation Heat Transfer in the Presence of Noncondensable Gases (NCGs) in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs): A Comprehensive Review of Fundamentals, Current Status, and Prospects for Future Research

Table 5

Correlations for condensation heat transfer of steam/NCGs on external surface.

No.Author (year)CorrelationConditionsGeometry

1Uchida et al. (1964) [6], airVertical plate
2Tagami (1965) [105], airVertical plate
3Kataoka et al. (1992) [110], airVertical plate
4Murase et al. (1993) [111], airVertical plate
5Dehbi (1991) [99], , , , air/heliumVertical circular tube
6Ahn et al. (2007) [112], , nitrogenVertical circular tube
7Su et al. (2013) [107], , , air/heliumVertical circular tube
8Su et al. (2014) [106], , , air/heliumVertical circular tube
9Fan et al. (2018) [109], , , airVertical circular tube
10Cao et al. (2021) [113], , , , , airVertical circular tube
11Liu et al. (2000) [98]
, , , , air/heliumVertical circular tube
12Kawakubo et al. (2009) [114], , , , , airVertical circular tube
13Zhang et al. (2021) [115],, , airVertical circular tube
14Lee et al. (2017) [116]
,
, , , , airVertical circular tube
15Wang et al., (2018) [117], , , airVertical circular tube
16Kang et al. (2021) [118]
,
, , , , airVertical circular tube
17Jang et al. (2015) [119], , , , airVertical circular tube
18Kim et al. (2020) [120]
, , , airVertical circular tube
19Bae et al. (2020) [121], , , airVertical circular tube
20Dehbi (2016) [122]
where
, , , air/heliumVertical flat plate