Prediction of amount of entrained droplets in vertical annular two-phase flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-728

  Sawant, Pravin ^a   Ishii, Mamoru ^a   Mori, Michitsugu ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Droplet deposition rate; Droplet entrainment rate; Dryout; Entrainment fraction; Maximum entrainment fraction; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOW; DROPLET DEPOSITION RATE; DROPLET ENTRAINMENT RATE; DRYOUT; ENTRAINMENT FRACTION; MAXIMUM ENTRAINMENT FRACTION;

AIR; DEPOSITION RATES; DROP FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FREONS; HELIUM; LIQUID FILMS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STEAM; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

EID: 67650697491     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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