Prediction of critical heat flux (CHF) in annular flow is important for the safety of once- through steam generator and the reactor core under accident conditions. The dryout in annular flow occurs at the point where ...
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Prediction of critical heat flux (CHF) in annular flow is important for the safety of once- through steam generator and the reactor core under accident conditions. The dryout in annular flow occurs at the point where the film is depleted due to entrainment, deposition, and evaporation. The film thickness, film mass flow rate along axial distribution, and CHF are calculated in vertical upward round tube on the basis of a separated flow model of annular flow. The theoretical CHF values are higher than those derived from experimental data, with error being within 30%.
This article presents a theoretical investigation on the steady-state natural circulation characteristics of a new type of pressurized water reactor. Through numerically solving the one-dimensional steady-state single...
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This article presents a theoretical investigation on the steady-state natural circulation characteristics of a new type of pressurized water reactor. Through numerically solving the one-dimensional steady-state single-phase conservative equations for the primary circuit and the steady-state two-phase drift-flux conservative equations for the secondary side of the steam generator, the natural circulation characteristics were studied. On the basis of the preliminary calculation analysis, it was found that natural circulation mass flow rate was proportional to the exponential function of the power and that the value of the exponent is related to the operating conditions of the secondary side of the steam generator. The higher the outlet pressure of the secondary side of the steam generator, the higher the primary natural circulation mass flow rate. The larger height difference between the core center and the steam generator center is favorable for the heat removal capacity of the natural circulation.
With the novel and simple current distribution measurement gasket developed by MPFL, the performance of a single PEM fuel cell with serpentine flow field was investigated without modifying any of its components. Inhom...
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With the novel and simple current distribution measurement gasket developed by MPFL, the performance of a single PEM fuel cell with serpentine flow field was investigated without modifying any of its components. Inhomogeneous current distributions were demonstrated clearly by the measurement results. Current distribution at different cell operating parameters, including reactant gas flow rate, reactant gas humidification temperature and cell operating temperature, were measured and the effects of such parameters were analyzed. Reactant gas flow rate exert effects on current distribution by influencing the reactant concentration distribution, while the critical effects of gas humidification and cell temperature is caused by their significant influence on water balance and water distribution in PEM fuel cell. To fully understand the combined effects of such factors, simultaneous measurement of current distribution, reactant distribution, temperature distribution and humidification distribution is necessary and will be helpful.
Two-dimensional numerical simulation of the viscous compressible oscillating flow was carried out for the uniform cross-section and tapered pulse tubes by using a compressible SIMPLEC algorithm code developed by the a...
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Two-dimensional numerical simulation of the viscous compressible oscillating flow was carried out for the uniform cross-section and tapered pulse tubes by using a compressible SIMPLEC algorithm code developed by the authors. Effects of the taper angle on the performance of the pulse tube refrigeration were studied. The results showed that there was an optimum taper angle for tapered pulse tube refrigerator. With this optimum taper angle, the refrigerator performance can be improved a lot. But when the taper angle becomes larger than the optimum value, the cooling performance becomes inferior to that of the circular tube. The inherent mechanism of how the tapered pulse tube affects the performance of pulse tube refrigerator was also studied from the view point of second flow distribution in the pulse tube. Compared to the uniform cross-section pulse tube, the values of second flow in tapered pulse tube change a lot and the distribution of second flow becomes uneven as well. This is the main reason that the performance of tapered pulse tube can be improved compared to uniform cross-section pulse tube.
Based on mechanistic analysis of gas-liquid slug flow in vertical wellbore, a convenient model for pressure gradient calculation was developed by equivalent unit cell approach. The method of predicting liquid holdup i...
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Based on mechanistic analysis of gas-liquid slug flow in vertical wellbore, a convenient model for pressure gradient calculation was developed by equivalent unit cell approach. The method of predicting liquid holdup in liquid slug was determined according to experimental data, and correlation experimental data from literatures were used to evaluate the model. The analysis results show that this model is relative to few parameters and easy to calculate, and the test data from different sources can be predicted with fairly well precision. In addition, much difference results can be achieved by variant correlations for liquid holdup in liquid slug, but the prediction of pressure gradient is not sensitive to the liquid holdup under the experimental conditions.
A three-dimensional direct simulation of an immersed solid particle approaching another particle, or a flat wall, is conducted to investigate the mechanics of hydrodynamic impact of immersed particles. The simulation ...
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A three-dimensional direct simulation of an immersed solid particle approaching another particle, or a flat wall, is conducted to investigate the mechanics of hydrodynamic impact of immersed particles. The simulation method is based on a modified immersed boundary method using a fixed grid system. When the particle separation distance becomes smaller than grid spacing, to account for the hydrodynamic resistance effect of liquid layer between particles near contact, a microlayer model is developed to allow determination of the pressure profile within the micro-layer without neglecting the inertial force of the layer flow. The pressure force is then taken into account in equation of particle motion. Comparisons of the simulation results with the experimental results reported in the literature are shown to substantiate the model presented in this study. The simulations reveal the complex three-dimensional flow field of the liquid and the motion of the approaching particle. The fluid pressure in the gap caused by the unsteady motion of the particle is significantly increased when the separation distance of particles is less than about one-tenth diameters of particle. Therefore the velocity of approaching particle starts to decrease due to the hydrodynamic resistance force at this position.
In Part I [Wei et al., 2004, 2004 ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Conference], we presented the experimental results for swirling flows of water and cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CTAC) surfactant solution in a cylindrical ve...
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The swirling flows of water and CTAC (cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride) surfactant solutions (50-1000 ppm) in an open cylindrical container with a rotating disc at the bottom were experimentally investigated by use of...
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The liquid kinematic viscosity of the binary mixtures of methanol and castor oil are reported over the temperature range from 243~353 K made with a calibrated Ubbelohde-type capillary viscometer. The total experimenta...
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The liquid kinematic viscosity of the binary mixtures of methanol and castor oil are reported over the temperature range from 243~353 K made with a calibrated Ubbelohde-type capillary viscometer. The total experimental uncertainty is less than 1.06%. In addition, the results were correlated as a function of temperature as the kinematic viscosity equation of the binary mixtures. The absolute average deviation and the maximum deviation of the experimental results from the correlated equation are 1.11% and 3.31%, respectively.
An experimental study of the shape of a single bubble similar to those observed in horizontal plug/slug flow was performed by visual observation and conductance probes in this paper. The results show that the shape of...
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An experimental study of the shape of a single bubble similar to those observed in horizontal plug/slug flow was performed by visual observation and conductance probes in this paper. The results show that the shape of the nose and body of bubble depends on the Froude number defined by gas/liquid mixture velocity, whereas the shape of the back region of bubble depends on both the Froude number and bubble length. The photographic pictures show that the motion of bubble is related to the characteristics of bubble head and the transition from plug flow to slug flow occurs when the back of the bubble changes from staircase to hydraulic jump pattern with increasing the Froude number and bubble length.
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