Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flow of Liquid Helium in a Vertical Converging-Diverging Nozzle
- Dept. Intelligent Machines and Sys. Eng., Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561 (Japan)
- Inst. Fluid Sci., Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)
The basic characteristics of the two-dimensional cavitating flow of liquid helium through a vertical converging-diverging nozzle near the lambda point are numerically investigated to realize the further development and high performance of new multiphase He II cooling systems. First, the governing equations of the cavitating flow of liquid helium based on the unsteady thermal nonequilibrium multi-fluid model with generalized curvilinear coordinates system are presented, and several multiphase flow characteristics are numerically calculated, taking into account the effect of superfluidity. Based on the numerical results, the two-dimensional structure of the cavitating flow of liquid helium though a vertical converging-diverging nozzle is shown in detail, and it is also found that the generation of superfluid counterflow against normal fluid flow based on the thermomechanical effect is conspicuous in the large gas phase volume fraction region where the liquid to gas phase change actively occurs. Furthermore, it is clarified that the mechanism of the He I to He II phase transition caused by the temperature decrease is due to the deprivation of latent heat for vaporization from the liquid phase.
- OSTI ID:
- 20653135
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 710, Issue 1; Conference: CEC 2003: Cryogenic engineering and international cryogenic materials conference on advances in cryogenic engineering, Anchorage, AK (United States), 22-26 Sep 2003; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1774790; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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