Characteristic of Falling Film on Inclined Plane Using FLUENT 12.0

Hydronamics of falling film has been studied widely to determine the characteristic of film on an inclined plate. When the computational model has not been used as main tool, researchers experimentally investigate the characteristic of falling film using numbers of technique, such as photochoromic dye activation technique and high speed video photography. Rapid developments in computational fluid dynamic enable researchers to investigate the characteristic of falling film through the simulation. In this simulation, the characteristic of falling film was studied over Reynolds number from 18-230. The results of velocity profiles and characteristic of falling film agreed reasonably with the Nusselt’s (1916) prediction and Moran (2002) experiments.