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Analysis of critical and subcritical flow boiling.

Author(s) : LYCZKOWSKI R. W., DOMANUS H. M., BOTTONI M., SHA W. T.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Low-pressure flow boiling was computer-simulated by means of the Homogeneous Equilibrium Mixture (HEM) and algebraic slip model of two-phase flow using a transient computer code. It is clearly shown that the HEM model's speed of sound is a critical state for the evaluation of the pressure gradient. When this speed of sound is not exceeded at the inception of boiling, numerically stable and accurate results are computed. Some means of resolving these apparently fundamental and generic problems are suggested.

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  • Original title: Analysis of critical and subcritical flow boiling.
  • Record ID : 1994-0152
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 36 - n. 15
  • Publication date: 1993/10

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