Entrained liquid fraction prediction in adiabatic and evaporating annular two-phase flow

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 243, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-213

  Cioncolini, Andrea ^a   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annular two phase flow; Deposition; Entrained liquid fraction; Entrainment; Liquid film atomization; Shear driven liquid film

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; ANNULAR FLOWS; ANNULAR LIQUID FILMS; ANNULAR TWO-PHASE FLOW; BOILING WATER; CHANNEL WALL; CORE FLOW; DATA POINTS; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; DOWNFLOW; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENTRAINED LIQUID FRACTION; ENTRAINED LIQUIDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; FLOW CONDITION; GAS LIQUIDS; GASPHASE; HIGH VELOCITY; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; LIQUID ATOMIZATION; LIQUID-FILM FLOW; NON-CIRCULAR; PREDICTION METHODS; SHEAR-DRIVEN LIQUID FILM; SPECIAL FORMS; TUBE DIAMETERS; VAPOR-LIQUID; WEBER NUMBERS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATOMIZATION; DEPOSITION; DROP FORMATION; ETHANOL; FORECASTING; HELIUM; LIQUID FILMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84855829419     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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