Two-Phase Flow Patterns with High-Pressure Water in a Heated Four-Rod Bundle
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Vol. 68 (2) , 155-169
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nse78-a27286
Abstract
Flow patterns that occur in a rod bundle with forced upward flow of boiling water have been photographed. The experimental rod bundle consisted of four vertical 0.25-in.-diam × 24.0-in. long rods arranged in a single row with spring collar supports. The tested conditions were: pressure—400 to 2000 psia, mass velocity—250 000 to 3 000 000 lb/h-ft2, and heat flux (uniform)—up to 1 600 000 Btu/h·ft2. The observed two-phase flow patterns were bubble flow, froth flow, slug flow, and annular flow. These flow patterns were mapped at constant pressure on plots of mass velocity versus flowing quality.Keywords
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