Analysis of Laminar Film Condensation on a Vertical Plate

This paper concerns the condensation phenomenon on a vertical plate. Theoretical background has been explained using some dimensionless parameters, which help to understand the behavior of this phenomenon in more details. The scale up of boundary layer theory has been used to transfer the governing equations to ordinary differential equations. Next, the governing equations have been solved numerically using the shooting method. A computer program has been developed to solve these equations and the heat transfer coefficient of a condensate film for a wide range of physical properties has been obtained, presented graphically, and compared with other available literatures.