TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical experiment on two-phase flow behaviors in tube bundle geometry for different mixtures
AU - Benguigui, William
AU - Deri, Enrico
AU - Lavieville, Jerome
AU - Mimouni, Stephane
AU - Longatte, Elisabeth
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Since steam generators are used, many experiments have been performed to understand the different phenomena appearing in them. One of the main issues to reproduce a similar flow on a reduced-scale experiment is the choice of the two-phase mixture. Air/water and boiling freon are among the most used two-phase flow mixtures. In the present document, a finite-volume CFD code dedicated to multi-phase flows based on a two-fluid approach (extended to n) is used to compare two mixtures numerically. Thanks to two experiments, an air/water horizontal channel and a freon/freon inclined tube bundle, a first part highlights the validity of the two-phase flow modeling. Then, based on inlet superficial velocities from both experiments, a numerical experiment is performed by using each mixture on the other experiment. Void fraction profiles and two-phase flow regimes are compared in order to exhibit the behaviors of both mixtures in a steam generator like tube bundle. Results turn out to provide useful information (void fraction profiles mainly) about mixture properties, and near-wall loads in the vicinity of cylinders are investigated.
AB - Since steam generators are used, many experiments have been performed to understand the different phenomena appearing in them. One of the main issues to reproduce a similar flow on a reduced-scale experiment is the choice of the two-phase mixture. Air/water and boiling freon are among the most used two-phase flow mixtures. In the present document, a finite-volume CFD code dedicated to multi-phase flows based on a two-fluid approach (extended to n) is used to compare two mixtures numerically. Thanks to two experiments, an air/water horizontal channel and a freon/freon inclined tube bundle, a first part highlights the validity of the two-phase flow modeling. Then, based on inlet superficial velocities from both experiments, a numerical experiment is performed by using each mixture on the other experiment. Void fraction profiles and two-phase flow regimes are compared in order to exhibit the behaviors of both mixtures in a steam generator like tube bundle. Results turn out to provide useful information (void fraction profiles mainly) about mixture properties, and near-wall loads in the vicinity of cylinders are investigated.
U2 - 10.1115/PVP2017-65349
DO - 10.1115/PVP2017-65349
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034057197
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
BT - Fluid-Structure Interaction
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2017 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2017
Y2 - 16 July 2017 through 20 July 2017
ER -