Research Article

Computational Study of Liquid Film Evaporation along a Wavy Wall of a Vertical Channel

Table 1

Test of grid dependency by comparing the local interfacial Nusselt and Sherwood numbers of various grid arrangements (conditions  W·m−2;  kg·m−1·s−1; °C; °C; %; , , ).

Grid size NI × (NG + NL)
0.250.50.7511.5

1.1461.7562.2272.5603.156
16.13229.64045.94362.807108.028
1.3392.1862.9183.4464.316
1.1961.8162.2982.6353.236
16.63830.17046.45963.190107.952
1.3922.2533.0003.5394.428
1.1211.7282.1872.5183.100
15.83229.29345.20162.113107.360
1.3182.1652.8813.4094.258
1.1761.7962.2652.6013.190
16.39429.88545.76862.509107.115
1.3772.2402.9723.5114.382
1.1161.7262.1782.5073.085
15.77629.33245.09561.973107.295
1.3132.1662.8733.3984.239
1.1731.7962.2582.5933.178
16.35329.93945.66562.349106.923
1.3742.2432.9663.5034.367