Adiabatic two-phase flow frictional pressure drop: Part 1, Critical parameters and friction factors for air-water mixture
Conference
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OSTI ID:5529509
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA) Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY (USA). Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Lab.
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA) Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
An analysis of air-water frictional pressure drop data for horizontal ducts was made. For small diameter, circular tubes and narrow rectangular channels, it is established that the frictional pressure deep profiles with increasing mixture quality (or superficial gas velocity) are characterized by critical values for gas Reynolds number, quality and friction factor. These characteristic features are in evidence for tests in which the total mass flux of the mixture is held fixed with increasing quality or superficial gas velocity. The effects of duct geometry and total mass flux on the critical parameters are documented and discussed. The results for two-phase flow friction factors are also presented. 18 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5529509
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CP-72528; CONF-910739--21-Pt.1; ON: DE91014463
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
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ADIABATIC PROCESSES
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CRITICAL VELOCITY
DISPERSIONS
DUCTS
FLUID FLOW
FRICTION FACTOR
GAS FLOW
GEOMETRY
GYROMAGNETIC RATIO
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATHEMATICS
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MIXTURES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRESSURE DROP
PRESSURE GRADIENTS
REYNOLDS NUMBER
TUBES
TWO-PHASE FLOW
VELOCITY
WATER
320303 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Equipment & Processes
42 ENGINEERING
420400* -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
ADIABATIC PROCESSES
AIR FLOW
CRITICAL VELOCITY
DISPERSIONS
DUCTS
FLUID FLOW
FRICTION FACTOR
GAS FLOW
GEOMETRY
GYROMAGNETIC RATIO
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATHEMATICS
MEETINGS
MIXTURES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRESSURE DROP
PRESSURE GRADIENTS
REYNOLDS NUMBER
TUBES
TWO-PHASE FLOW
VELOCITY
WATER