Properties of disturbance waves in vertical annular two-phase flow

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3528-3541

  Sawant, Pravin ^a   Ishii, Mamoru ^a   Hazuku, Tatsuya ^b   Takamasa, Tomoji ^b   Mori, Michitsugu ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AERODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUID FILMS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MIXED CONVECTION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; RHENIUM ALLOYS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; VELOCITY;

ANNULAR FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CONDUCTANCE PROBES; CURRENT DATUM; DENSITY RATIOS; DISTURBANCE WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GAS FLOWS; GAS PHASES; INTERFACIAL TRANSFERS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; LARGE RANGES; LIQUID FILM THICKNESSES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID PHASES; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; TEST SECTIONS; TUBULAR; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; VARIATIONS OF; WEBER NUMBERS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 54949106156     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Azzopardi B.J. Disturbance wave frequency, velocities and spacing in vertical annular two-phase flow. Nuclear Engineering and Design 92 (1986) 121-133
2. Azzopardi B.J. Drops in annular two-phase flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 23 (1997) 1-53
3. Bennett A.W., Hewitt G.F., Kearsey H.A., Keeys R.K.F., and Lacey P.N.C. Flow visualization studies of boiling at high pressure. Proceedings of the Institution Mechanical Engineering 180 Part C (1965) 1-11
4. Chu, K.J., 1973. Statistical characterization and modeling of wavy liquid films in vertical two-phase flow. Ph.D. Thesis. Univ. Houston.
5. Clark W.W. Liquid film thickness measurement. Multiphase Science and Technology 14 (2002) 1-74
6. Coney M.W.E. The theory and application of conductance probes for the measurement of liquid film thickness in two-phase flow. Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments 6 (1973) 903-910
7. Cousins, L.B., Hewitt, G.F., 1968. Liquid mass transfer in annular two-phase flow. Droplet deposition and liquid entrainment. UKAEA Report AERE-R5657.
8. Fore L.B., and Dukler A.E. Droplet deposition and momentum transfer in annular flow. AIChE Journal 41 (1995) 2040-2046
9. Hall Taylor, N.S., 1966. Interfacial wave phenomena in vertical annular two-phase flow. Ph.D. Thesis. Trinity College, Cambridge.
10. Hazuku T., Fukamachi N., and Takamasa T. Experimental study of interfacial wave on a liquid film in vertical annular flow. Proceedings of 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-10). Seoul, Korea (2003) 1-18
11. Hawkes N.J., Lawrence C.J., and Hewitt G.F. Studies of annular-wispy flow using transient pressure gradient and optical measurements. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 26 (2000) 1565-1582
12. Hewitt G.F., and Hall-Taylor N.S. Annular Two-Phase Flow (1970), Pergamon Press, Oxford
13. Hori K., Nakasatomi M., Nishikawa K., and Sekoguchi K. Study of ripple region in annular two-phase flow (3rd report, effect of liquid viscosity on characteristics of wave and interfacial friction factor). Bulletin of JSME 22 (1979) 952-959
14. Ishii M., and Mishima K. Droplet entrainment correlation in annular two-phase flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 32 (1989) 1835-1846
15. Ishii M., and Grolmes M.A. Inception criteria for droplet entrainment in two-phase concurrent film flow. AIChE Journal 21 (1975) 308-318
16. Ishii M., Sawant, P., June 2006. Experimental and theoretical investigation of effect of power pprate on the dryout. Final Report. Purdue University, PU/NE-06-03.
17. Kataoka, I., Ishii, M., 1982. Entrainment rate in annular two-phase flow. Argonne National Laboratory Report. ANL-82, Argonne, Illinois.
18. Kumar R., Gottmann M., and Sridhar K.R. Film thickness and wave velocity measurements in a vertical duct. Transactions of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering 124 (2002) 634-642
19. Martin, C.J., 1983. Annular two-phase flow. D.Phil. Thesis, Univ. Oxford.
20. Mishima K., and Ishii M. Flow regime transition criteria for upward two-phase flow in vertical tubes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 27 (1984) 723-737
21. Moalem Maron D., and Brauner N. The role of interfacial mobility in determining the interfacial shear factor in two-phase wave film flow. International Communications Heat Mass Transfer 14 (1987) 45-55
22. Moalem Maron D., and Dukler A.E. Flooding and upward film flow in vertical tubes II: Speculations on film flow mechanisms. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 10 (1984) 599
23. Omebere-Iyari N.K., and Azzopardi B.J. A study of flow pattern for gas/liquid flow in small diameter tubes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 85 (2007) 180-192
24. Paras S.V., Vlachos N.A., and Karabelas A.J. Liquid layer characteristics in stratified-atomization flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 20 (1994) 939-956
25. Pearce, D.L., 1979. Film waves in horizontal annular flow: space time correlator experiments. Central Electricity Research Laboratories Report. RD/L/N/111/79.
26. Sawai T., Yamauchi S., and Nakanishi S. Behavior of disturbance waves under hydrodynamic non-equilibrium conditions. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 15 (1989) 341-356
27. Sawant P.H., Ishii M., and Mori M. Prediction of entrainment fraction in vertical annular two-phase flow. Proceedings of 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-12). Pennsylvania, USA (2007)
28. Sawant P.H., Ishii M., and Mori M. Droplet entrainment correlation in vertical upward co-current annular two-phase flow. Nuclear Engineering and Design 238 (2008) 1342-1352
29. Schadel, S.A., 1988. Atomization and deposition rates in vertical annular two-phase flow. Ph.D. Thesis. Dept. Chem. Eng., University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
30. Sekoguchi K., Takashi U., and Osamu T. An investigation of the flow characteristics in the disturbance wave region of annular flow: 2nd report, on correlation of principal flow parameters. Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers B 51 (1985) 1798-1806
31. Sekoguchi K., and Takeishi M. Interfacial structure in upward huge wave flow and annular flow regimes. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 15 (1989) 295-305
32. Wang Z., Gabriel K.S., and ad Manz D.L. The influence of wave height on the interfacial friction in annular gas-liquid flow under normal and microgravity conditions. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 30 (2004) 1193-1211
33. Webb, D., 1970. Studies of characteristics of downward annular two-phase flow. Ph.D. Thesis. Univ. Cambridge.
34. Willetts, I.P., 1987. Non-aqueous annular two-phase flow. D.Phil. Thesis. University of Oxford.
35. Zabaras G., Dukler A.E., and Moalem-maron D. Vertical upward cocurrent gas-liquid annular flow. AIChE Journal 32 (1986) 829-843