Stability Improvement of the One-dimensional Two-fluid Model for Horizontal Two-phase Flow with Model Unification
Stability Improvement of the One-dimensional Two-fluid Model for Horizontal Two-phase Flow with Model Unification

Author: Kent C. Abel

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Published: 2005

Total Pages: 302

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The next generation of nuclear safety analysis computer codes will require detailed modeling of two-phase fluid flow. The most complete and fundamental model used for these calculations is known as the two-fluid model. It is the most accurate of the two-phase models since it considers each phase independently and links the two phases together with six conservation equations. A major drawback is that the current two-fluid model, when area-averaged to create a one-dimensional model, becomes ill-posed as an initial value problem when the gas and liquid velocities are not equal. The importance of this research lies in obtaining a model that overcomes this difficulty. It is desired to develop a modified one-dimensional two-fluid model for horizontal flow that accounts for the pressure difference between the two phases, due to hydrostatic head, with the implementation of a void fraction distribution parameter. With proper improvement of the one-dimensional two-fluid model, the next generation of nuclear safety analysis computer codes will be able to predict, with greater precision, the key safety parameters of an accident scenario. As part of this research, an improved version of the one-dimensional two-fluid model for horizontal flows was developed. The model was developed from a theoretical point of view with the three original distribution parameters simplified down to a single parameter. The model was found to greatly enhance the numerical stability (hyperbolicity) of the solution method. With proper modeling of the phase distribution parameter, a wide range of flow regimes can be modeled. This parameter could also be used in the future to eliminate the more subjective flow regime maps that are currently implemented in today's multiphase computer codes. By incorporating the distribution parameter and eliminating the flow regime maps, a hyperbolic model is formed with smooth transitions between various flow regimes, eliminating the unphysical oscillations that may occur near transition boundaries in today's multiphase computer codes.

Stability of Finite Difference Approximations of Two Fluid, Two Phase Flow Equations
Stability of Finite Difference Approximations of Two Fluid, Two Phase Flow Equations

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Published: 2001

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It is well known that the basic single pressure, two fluid model for two phase flow has complex characteristics and is dynamically unstable. Nevertheless, common nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics codes use variants of this model for reactor safety calculations. In these codes, the non-physical instabilities of the model may be damped by the numerical method and/or additional momentum interchange terms. Both of these effects are investigated using the linearized Von Neumann stability analysis. The stability of the semi-implicit method is of primary concern, because of its computational efficiency and popularity. It is shown that there is likely no completely stable numerical method, including fully implicit methods, for the basic single pressure model. Additionally, the momentum interchange terms commonly added to the basic single pressure model do not result in stable numerical methods for all the physically interesting reference conditions. Although practical stable approximations may be realized on a coarse computational grid, it is concluded that the assumption of instantaneously equilibrated phasic pressures must be relaxed in order to develop a generally stable numerical solution of a two fluid model. The numerical stability of the semi-implicit discretization of the true two pressure models of Ransom and Hicks, and Holm and Kupershmidt is analyzed. The semi-implicit discretization of these models, which possess real characteristics, are found to be numerically stable as long as certain convective limits are satisfied. Based on the form of these models, the general form of a numerically stable, basic two pressure model is proposed. The evolution equation required for closure is a volume fraction transport equation, which may possibly be determined based on void wave propagation considerations. 43 refs., 22 figs., 3 tabs.

Two-Phase Flow
Two-Phase Flow

Author: Cl Kleinstreuer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1351406485

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This graduate text provides a unified treatment of the fundamental principles of two-phase flow and shows how to apply the principles to a variety of homogeneous mixture as well as separated liquid-liquid, gas-solid, liquid-solid, and gas-liquid flow problems, which may be steady or transient, laminar or turbulent.Each chapter contains several sample problems, which illustrate the outlined theory and provide approaches to find simplified analytic descriptions of complex two-phase flow phenomena.This well-balanced introductory text will be suitable for advanced seniors and graduate students in mechanical, chemical, biomedical, nuclear, environmental and aerospace engineering, as well as in applied mathematics and the physical sciences. It will be a valuable reference for practicing engineers and scientists. A solutions manual is available to qualified instructors.

Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics for Emerging Engineering Processes
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics for Emerging Engineering Processes

Author: Albert S. Kim

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2019-12-11

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1789843723

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As researchers deal with processes and phenomena that are geometrically complex and phenomenologically coupled the demand for high-performance computational fluid dynamics (CFD) increases continuously. The intrinsic nature of coupled irreversibility requires computational tools that can provide physically meaningful results within a reasonable time. This book collects the state-of-the-art CFD research activities and future R

Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles
Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles

Author: Clayton T. Crowe

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1439840512

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Since the publication of the first edition of Multiphase Flow with Droplets and Particles, there have been significant advances in science and engineering applications of multiphase fluid flow. Maintaining the pedagogical approach that made the first edition so popular, this second edition provides a background in this important area of fluid mecha