Measurement of steam-water flow in a vertical annulus

Vineet Kumar, Zhiee Jhia Ooi, Caleb S. Brooks

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Abstract

A new database of steam water flow in a vertical annulus is under development in the Multiphase Thermo-fluid Dynamics Laboratory (MTDL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The focus of the dataset is on the two-phase phenomena of condensing, flashing, and saturated flow in a vertical channel. The 2.03 m annular channel with inner and outer diameter of 19.1 mm and 38.1 mm respectively is located downstream of an internally heated annular section. Five measurement ports in this unheated section provide measurement of pressure and local measurements of void fraction, interfacial area concentration, gas velocity, Sauter mean diameter, and liquid temperature. The dataset was designed for validation of one-dimensional system codes and multi-dimensional computational fluid dynamics codes. The focus of the adiabatic steam-water flow fills an important gap in validation data between the simplified hydro-dynamic data of air-water flow and the complex thermo-fluid dynamic data of boiling flows.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages68-76
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 2018
EventInternational Topical Meeting on Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018, ATH 2018 - Held in conjunction with the 2018 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting - Orlando, United States
Duration: Nov 11 2018Nov 15 2018

Other

OtherInternational Topical Meeting on Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018, ATH 2018 - Held in conjunction with the 2018 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period11/11/1811/15/18

Keywords

  • Annulus
  • Condensation
  • Flashing
  • Interfacial area concentration
  • Steam-water flow

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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