Numerical study of heat transfer in a laminar mist flow over a isothermal flat plate

A model for predicting heat and mass transfer in a laminar two-phase gas–vapor–drop mist flow over a flat isothermal flat is developed. Using this model, a numerical study is performed to examine the influence of thermal and flow parameters, i.e., Reynolds number, flow velocity, temperature ratio, concentration of the liquid phase, and drop size, on the profiles of velocity, temperature, composition of the two-phase mixture, and heat-transfer intensification ratio. It is shown that, as the concentration of the liquid phase in the free flow increases, the rate of heat transfer between the plate surface and the vapor–gas mixture increases dramatically, whereas the wall friction increases only insignificantly.