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Experiments on upwards gas/liquid flow in vertical pipes

Two-phase flow experiments at vertical pipes are much suitable for studying the action of different constitutive relations characterizing the momentum exchange at the gas/liquid interface as well as the dynamic behaviour of the gas/liquid interface itself. The flow can be observed in its movement along the pipe and, in particular, within the shear field close to the pipe wall over a considerable vertical distance and, consequently, over a comparatively long time without the immediate separation of gas and liquid characteristic for horizontal flows. Wire-mesh sensors, which were the working horse in the described experiments, supplied sequences of instantaneous two-dimensional gas fraction distributions with a high-resolution in space and time. This allows to derive from the data not only void fraction and bubble velocity profiles, but also bubble size distributions, bubble-size resolved radial gas fraction profiles as well as the axial evolution of these distributions. An interfacial surface reconstruction algorithm was developed in order to extract the extension of interfacial area from the wire-mesh sensor data. The sensors were upgraded to withstand parameters that are close to nuclear reactor conditions. Most of the experiments were performed for both air/water flow at ambient pressure and steam/water flow of up to 6.5 MPa at identical combinations of the gas and liquid superficial velocities. This offers excellent conditions for studying the influence of the fluid properties.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:d120-qucosa-28091
Date31 March 2010
CreatorsSchütz, H., Pietruske, P., Manera, A., Carl, H., Beyer, M., Prasser, H.-M.
ContributorsForschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institut für Sicherheitsforschung
PublisherForschungszentrum Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:report
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceWissenschaftlich-Technische Berichte / Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf; FZD-482 2007
Relationdcterms:isPartOf:Wissenschaftlich-technische Berichte ; FZD-482

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