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Gas-liquid annular flow under microgravity conditions: Linear stability as a tool for flow regime identification

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:76152
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  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
A single parameter has been developed that predicts the highly nonlinear state of a microgravity flow with a confidence of up to 95% in differentiating slug flow from other regimes for different fluids of radically different properties such as air/water and Freon-11, -12, and -114. The authors have also shown that by taking the best data available based on current knowledge, it was possible to predict the flow regime in experiments with an accuracy of at least 85%, whether the flow was slug or bubbly, slug/annular and annular flow.
OSTI ID:
76152
Report Number(s):
CONF-940602--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 70; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English