ICMS'2000

The International Conference on Multiphase Systems, ICMS'2000
Ufa, RUSSIA, June 15-17, 2000

Two-phase Dynamics Instabilities in a Boiling Channel with an Exit Restriction

Kakaç S., Cao L.

Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida, USA

The two-phase flow pressure-drop type instabilities in a two-phase upflow boiling system has been studied theoretically. A mathematical model for the exit restriction is presented. To predict the steady state characteristics of the boiling system, the drift-flux model is adopted. The dynamic oscillations of the quasi-static pressure-drop type instabilities are simulated, and good predictions of the system stability boundary and oscillations characteristics are obtained when compared with the experiments.