Wave propagation and choking in two phase two component flow
Abstract
The problem of wave propagation and choking has been examined analytically for gas-liquid flows. A drift-flux (mixture) model was employed and the solution was provided by the method of characteristics. Major advances were made towards development of a model which can predict the critical flux in two-component gas-liquid flows in conduits. The characteristics of the resulting set of equations were examined and compared with speed of sound data and conclusions were drawn between the conditions at the critical point and the speed of pressure pulses in the system. The main emphasis of the research was on two-component flows but some results applicable to one-component flows were also developed.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- December 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974PhDT........40L
- Keywords:
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- Gas Flow;
- Liquid Flow;
- Two Phase Flow;
- Wave Propagation;
- Method Of Characteristics;
- Pipe Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer