DEVELOPMENT OF DRIFT-FLUX CORRELATION AND FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION CRITERIA FOR TWO-PHASE CROSS-FLOW IN HORIZONTAL TUBE BUNDLES

Author

Keyou Mao, Purdue University

Date of Award

January 2016

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering

Department

Nuclear Engineering

First Advisor

Takashi Hibiki

Committee Member 1

Jun Chen

Committee Member 2

Tatyana Sizyuk

Abstract

In relation to void fraction and flow regime transition predictions of cross-flow in horizontal tube bundle of steam generator, a phenomenological drift-flux correlation and new flow regime transition criteria have been developed to meet the demand on the study of two-phase flow gas and liquid velocities, two-phase pressure drop, heat transfer, flow patterns and flow induced vibrations in the shell side of the U-bend section of the steam generator.

Recommended Citation

Mao, Keyou, "DEVELOPMENT OF DRIFT-FLUX CORRELATION AND FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION CRITERIA FOR TWO-PHASE CROSS-FLOW IN HORIZONTAL TUBE BUNDLES" (2016). Open Access Theses. 1125.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1125