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Multidimensional simulation of saturated nucleate boiling in a vertical channel

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:426535
Void fraction increase along boiling flows in heated vertical channels may be predicted fairly well from various one-dimensional correlations. However, these predictions do not provide information about the evolution of interfacial area concentration, which is one of the dominant parameters of dispersed gas-liquid flow and depends on the interface structure. In this paper, a three-dimensional Lagrangian simulation of saturated nucleate boiling in a uniformly heated vertical channel is proposed. Vapor is distributed in liquid in the form of discrete bubbles, and liquid-vapor mixture quality increases along the flow through bubble evaporation and additional nucleation.
OSTI ID:
426535
Report Number(s):
CONF-961103--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 75; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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