Flow patterns and their transition characteristics of the air-water two-phase flow in a horizontal pipe with a sudden-changed cross-section area

YANG Ying-Zhen，

LI Guang-Jun，

ZHOU Fang-De，

CHEN Xue-Jun

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.12, No.1

pp.44-52

Published in print 01 Feb 2001

CLC：O359+.1, V211.1+7, TL334

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Flow patterns in upstream and downstream straight tubes of sudden-changed areas in a horizontal straight pipe were experimentally examined. Both sudden-expansion cross-section (SECS) and sudden-contraction cross-section (SCCS) were investigated. The flow pattern maps upstream and downstream were delineated and compared with those in straight tubes with uniform cross-sections. The effects of the SECS and SCCS on flow patterns were discussed and analyzed. Furthermore, flow pattern transition mechanisms resulting in occurrences of different flow patterns were simply discussed and some transition criteria for the flow pattern transitions were deduced by using the non-dimensionlized analysis method.

Gas-liquid two-phase flowFlow patternSudden-expansion cross-sectionSudden-contraction cross-section

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