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S. M. Ghiaasiaan, B. K. Kamboj, S. I. Abdel-Khalik
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 117 | Number 1 | May 1994 | Pages 22-32
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE94-A13566
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Gravity-driven countercurrent two-phase flow, in channels connected to a sealed tank at one end and open to the atmosphere at the other end, was analytically studied. This type of gravity-driven countercurrent two-phase flow can occur during the operation of passive safety coolant injection systems of advanced reactors. A mechanistic model was developed for the oscillating flow regime, which occurs in inclined channels with a side-entry configuration when the channel angle of inclination with respect to the horizontal plane is more than 10 deg and in channels with a bottom-entry channel-tank interphase. The model was shown to satisfactorily predict the experimental data.