Experimental and numerical analysis of steam jet pump

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1305-1314

  Shah, Ajmal ^a   Chughtai, Imran Rafiq ^a   Inayat, Mansoor Hameed ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CFD; Condensation model; Direct contact condensation; Steam jet pump

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; DIRECT-CONTACT CONDENSATION; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS; MASS RATIO; MAXIMUM VALUES; MOVING PARTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SATURATED STEAM; STATIC PRESSURE; STEAM JET PUMP; TWO PHASE FLOW MODEL; WATER FLOW RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; JET PUMPS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STEAM;

EID: 80053252724     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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