Because of the practical importance of two-phase instabilities, substantial efforts have been made to date to understand the physical phenomena governing such instabilities and to develop computational tools to model ...
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Because of the practical importance of two-phase instabilities, substantial efforts have been made to date to understand the physical phenomena governing such instabilities and to develop computational tools to model the dynamics. The purpose of this study is to present a numerical model for the analysis of flow-induced instabilities in forced-convection steam generator. The model is based on the assumption of homogeneous two-phase flow and thermodynamic equilibrium of the phases. The thermal capacity of the heater wall has been included in the analysis. The model is used to analyze the flow instabilities in the steam generator and to study the effects of system pressure, mass flux, inlet temperature and inlet/outlet restriction, gap size, the ratio of do /di, and the ratio of qi/qo on the system behavior.
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.
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.
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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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.
The periodically fully developed laminar heat transfer and fluid flow in a two-dimensional wavy channel in a compact heat exchanger are investigated numerically. Calculations are performed at Pr = 0.7, in the range of...
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The periodically fully developed laminar heat transfer and fluid flow in a two-dimensional wavy channel in a compact heat exchanger are investigated numerically. Calculations are performed at Pr = 0.7, in the range of Re = 100-1100 with non-orthogonal non-staggered grids. The Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations Revised (SIMPLER) algorithm in the curvilinear body-fitted coordinates is used. The effect of the wavy height and distance on momentum and heat transfer is studied. Performance of model parameters is evaluated. It is shown that the overall Nusselt numbers and friction factors increase with the increase of Reynolds numbers. The friction factors and overall Nusselt numbers increase as increasing the wavy height or decreasing the wavy distance. The overall Nusselt numbers increase significantly with the wavy height, especially at high Reynolds numbers. The best wavy height and distance are 1.15 mm and 13 mm, respectively.
Synthesis of solid solution ZnS-CuInS2 has been demonstrated. The crystallinity and stability of catalysts were highly improved by the combination of two usual ways used for improving the crystallinity of materials-ca...
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Synthesis of solid solution ZnS-CuInS2 has been demonstrated. The crystallinity and stability of catalysts were highly improved by the combination of two usual ways used for improving the crystallinity of materials-calcination at high temperature or hydrothermal, so was the activity of photocatalytic splitting water for hydrogen production. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, SEM, XRF and UV-Vis. The results of the photocatalytic hydrogen production showed that the catalyst had the highest stability and activity by H2S inflowing to the metal cation solution following with calcination and hydrothermal. After the catalyst was loaded with 3% Pt, the velocity of hydrogen production has been further improved to 127 μmol/h. And its apparent quantum efficiency at 420 nm was up to 4.43%.
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.
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