Experimental study of two-phase parameters of subcooled boiling flow in a single-side heated rectangular channel

L Wan, L Liu, L Zhu, Q Ren, Z Ma, L Liu, H Liu… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rectangular channel is of particular interest for nuclear reactors due to its compact
structure and high heat transfer efficiency. Two-phase flow characteristics in rectangular …

Progress in two-phase flow modeling: Interfacial area transport

S Kim, M Ishii, R Kong, G Wang - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
The interfacial area transport equation (IATE) employs a dynamic approach to predict
interfacial area concentration (IAC) in two-phase flows. It eliminates the need for the static …

Development of a robust image processing technique for bubbly flow measurement in a narrow rectangular channel

Y Fu, Y Liu - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a robust image processing technique for bubbly flow measurement over
a wide range of void fractions. The proposed algorithm combines geometrical, optical and …

Experimental investigation of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets influence on integral characteristics of their evaporation during motion through high …

RS Volkov, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - International Journal of Thermal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Experimental investigation of influence of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets
on integral characteristics of their evaporation during the motion through high-temperature …

BubGAN: Bubble generative adversarial networks for synthesizing realistic bubbly flow images

Y Fu, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Bubble segmentation and size detection algorithms have been developed in recent years for
their high efficiency and accuracy in measuring bubbly two-phase flows. In this work, we …

Beyond bubbly two-phase flow investigation using a CFD three-field two-fluid model

SL Sharma, M Ishii, T Hibiki, JP Schlegel, Y Liu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modeling and simulation study of industrial scale beyond-bubbly flows, like cap-bubbly, cap-
turbulent and churn-turbulent, using the two-fluid model, has been limited due to the wide …

Interfacial forces used in two-phase flow numerical simulation

TJ Chuang, T Hibiki - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
High fidelity 3D computational simulation for gas–liquid two-phase flow is getting important
to simulate various thermal–hydraulic phenomena in nuclear related components. Single …

Flow structure of bubbly to slug transition flow in a small pipe

G Wang, M Zhang, M Ishii - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
To develop a mechanistic constitutive model to characterize the flow structure development
in more than one flow regime, the detailed measurement of the flow structure is …

A compact x-ray system for two-phase flow measurement

K Song, Y Liu - Measurement science and technology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a compact x-ray densitometry system consisting of a 50 kV, 1 mA x-ray tube
and several linear detector arrays is developed for two-phase flow measurement. The …

Experimental study of two-phase flow structure in churn-turbulent to annular flows

Q Zhu, G Wang, JP Schlegel, Y Yan, X Yang… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
The local phase distribution of adiabatic air-water two-phase flow in churn-turbulent to
annular flows was experimentally investigated using the Two-Sensor Droplet-Capable …