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Improvements of evaporation drag model

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Improvements of evaporation drag model

LI Xiao-Yan
XU Ji-Jun
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.15, No.5pp.317-320Published in print 01 Oct 2004
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A special visible experiment facility has been designed and built, and an observable experiment is performed by pouring one or several high-temperature particles into a water pool in the facility. The experiment result has verified Yang's evaporation drag model, which holds that the non-symmetric profile of the local evaporation rate and the local density of vapor would bring about a resultant force on the hot particle so as to resist its motion. However, in Yang's evaporation drag model, radiation heat transfer is taken as the only way to transfer heat from hot particle to the vapor-liquid interface, and all of the radiation energy is deposited on the vapor-liquid interface and contributed to the vaporization rate and mass balance of the vapor film. In improved model heat conduction and heat convection are taken into account. This paper presents calculations of the improved model, putting emphasis on the effect of hot particle's temperature on the radiation absorption behavior of water.

Improved evaporation drag modelFuel-coolant interactions (FCI)Heat convectionRadiation heat transfer
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