A simple model for vertical annular and horizontal stratified two-phase flows with liquid entrainment and phase transitions: one-dimensional steady state conditions

Abstract

A simple one-dimensional three-fluid model is presented for the simulation and analyses of vertical annular and stratified horizontal or inclined two-phase flows. The model has been verified for various experimental data: developing annular flow, momentum transfer in an annular flow, plane flow with a hydraulic jump, flooding in a horizontal pipe, and stratified flow with direct steam condensation. Emphasis has been laid upon several mass, momentum and energy interfacial transfer processes. New correlations are proposed for the droplet entrainment intensity in annular flow and for steam direct contact condensation on the liquid film in a stratified flow. The liquid entrainment in the annular flow is correlated with the liquid film thickness. Direct contact condensation is correlated with the turbulent convective heat transfer in the liquid film. It has been shown that the present model is able to predict all dominant processes in both types of flow.