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Pure Substance Model and Two-Phase Flow Basics: - Fall 2010 Problem Set 6

This problem set from an engineering of nuclear systems course focuses on two-phase flow basics and pure substance models. Students are asked to: 1) Identify phases on a pressure-temperature diagram for various system states. 2) Determine the maximum void fraction and flow quality allowed in a boiling water reactor to ensure sufficient coolant density. 3) Determine the flow regime at different flow qualities using a two-phase flow map. 4) Use physical intuition to predict whether the Martinelli parameter is greater than, equal to, or less than one for various vertical channel flow regimes.

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Pure Substance Model and Two-Phase Flow Basics: - Fall 2010 Problem Set 6

This problem set from an engineering of nuclear systems course focuses on two-phase flow basics and pure substance models. Students are asked to: 1) Identify phases on a pressure-temperature diagram for various system states. 2) Determine the maximum void fraction and flow quality allowed in a boiling water reactor to ensure sufficient coolant density. 3) Determine the flow regime at different flow qualities using a two-phase flow map. 4) Use physical intuition to predict whether the Martinelli parameter is greater than, equal to, or less than one for various vertical channel flow regimes.

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22.

06 ENGINEERING OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMS - Fall 2010

Problem Set 6

Pure Substance Model and Two-Phase Flow Basics

1) Using the steam tables (or the phase diagram of water), identify the phases corresponding to
the following P-T combinations:
a) P=1.0 MPa, T=150C
b) P=9.0 MPa, T=320C
c) P=0.1 MPa, T=-10C

Same as above for the following P-h combinations:

d) P=9.0 MPa, h=1500 kJ/kg

e) P=7.0 MPa, h=2100 kJ/kg

f) P=7.0 MPa, h=3000 kJ/kg

- Determine the temperature and quality (x) for states d and e.


- Put states a, b, d, e and f on a qualitative T-s diagram (show the isobar line for each
state).

2) The coolant density in a BWR fuel assembly must be kept reasonably high to ensure
sufficient neutron moderation. Assuming a minimum required coolant (mixture) density
m=200 kg/m3, determine the maximum acceptable void fraction and flow quality in the
BWR fuel assembly. Assume S=2; the BWR operating pressure is 7.0 MPa.

3) In a BWR fuel assembly the flow quality ranges from zero (no steam) at the inlet to x0.13 at
the outlet. Using the two-phase flow map in Figure 1 below, determine the flow regime at
the following values of the flow quality, x=0.01, x=0.03 and x=0.10 (corresponding to
various intermediate axial locations within the fuel assemblies). The coolant mass flow rate
in the fuel assembly is m =16 kg/s; the fuel assembly flow area is A=91 cm2. The BWR
operating pressure is 7.0 MPa.

4) Consider the flow of a liquid-vapor mixture in a vertical channel. Using your physical
intuition, determine whether S>1, S1 or S<1 for each of the following flow regimes:

 Bubbly flow (upward)

 Bubbly flow (downward)

 Dispersed bubbly flow (upward)

 Dispersed bubbly flow (downward)

 Plug flow (upward)

 Annular flow (upward)

 Mist flow (upward)


 Mist flow (downward)

105

104
Annular Wispy-annular
[xG]2/ρg (kg/s2-m)

103

102
Churn Bubbly
10

Bubbles
1
Slugs slugs

10-1
1 10 102 103 104 105 106
[(1-x)G]2/ρf (kg/s2-m)

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22.06 Engineering of Nuclear Systems


Fall 2010

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