Simulation of Boiling in a Vertical Channel Using Ensemble Average Model

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, G. Magosa, North Cyprus, TURKEY

Abstract

Simulation of turbulence boiling, generation of vapour and predication of its behaviour are still subject to debate in the two-phase flow area and they receive a high level of worldwide attention. In this study, a new arrangement of the three dimensional governing equations for turbulence two-phase flow with heat and mass transfer are derived by using ensemble averaging two-fluid model and utilizing the latest approved constitutive equations. Then, the governing equations are simplified for bulk boiling in a vertical channel. A computer program with SIMPLE algorithm is written for the simplified equations, and the results are compared with available experimental data and a boiling water reactor in operating condition.  

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Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51
September 2009
Pages 61-70

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