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 noncondensable 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.