An assessment of two-phase pressure drop correlations for steam-water systems
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Idsinga, William
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Todreas, Neil E.
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1975-05
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Cambridge, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Eighteen two-phase friction pressure drop models and correlations are compared to 2220 experimental steam-water pressure drop measurements under adiabatic conditions and 1230 in diabatic flow conditions. The data represents several geometries and has the following property ranges:
Pressure - 250 - 1500 psia
Mass Velocity .2X10(6) - 3.2X10(6)1bm/hr-ft(2)
Quality - subcooled to 1.0
Equivalent Diameters - .0 9 - 1.3 in.
The four models and correlations that coincided most nearly to the entire data collection were the Baroczy correlation, the Thom correlation and the homogeneous
model two-phase friction multipliers,
[handwritten equation]
The correlations are also evaluated with the data being subdivided into sets which are based on properties.
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This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library Collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.
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Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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