MODELING OF TWO-PHASE FLOW INSTABILITIES IN CONVECTIVE IN-TUBE BOILING HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS


KAKAÇ S., Venkataraman M. R., Pramuanjaroenkij A., KOTCİOĞLU İ.

ISI BILIMI VE TEKNIGI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.29, sa.1, ss.107-116, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Özet

This work aims to predict the low frequency oscillations in a horizontal in-tube boiling system using a refrigerant-11 as the working fluid. The steady state system pressure-drop characteristics are determined by a numerical Solution of the governing equations as derived from the Drift-flux models. Oscillations were obtained for various heat inputs, flow rates and exit restriction diameters. Both numerical solutions of the steady-state and transient solutions obtained are compared by experimental findings and a satisfactory agreement between the theory and experiments is obtained.