A review on numerical modelling of flashing flow with application to nuclear safety analysis

Y Liao, D Lucas - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The flashing flow is a relevant multiphase phenomenon in many technical applications
including nuclear safety analysis, which has been the subject of intense research for several …

Numerical simulations of steady and unsteady two-phase flows using a homogeneous model

O Hurisse - Computers & Fluids, 2017 - Elsevier
The capability of a homogeneous model to simulate steady and unsteady two-phase flows is
investigated. The latter is based on the Euler set of equations supplemented by a complex …

Modeling phase transition for compressible two-phase flows applied to metastable liquids

A Zein, M Hantke, G Warnecke - Journal of Computational Physics, 2010 - Elsevier
The seven-equation model for two-phase flows is a full non-equilibrium model, each phase
has its own pressure, velocity, temperature, etc. A single value for each property, an …

Theoretical analysis of pressure relaxation time in N-dimensional thermally-limited bubble dynamics in Fe3O4/water nanofluids

AK Abu-Nab, MH Omran, AF Abu-Bakr - Journal of Nanofluids, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The present manuscript is devoted to study the theoretical analysis of pressure relaxation
time (PRT) of N-dimensional spherical bubble dynamics immersed in Fe3O4/H2O nanofluid …

Numerical study of cavitating flows with thermodynamic effect

E Goncalvès, RF Patella - Computers & Fluids, 2010 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic effects play an important role in the cavitation dynamics of cryogenic fluids.
Such flows are characterized by strong variations in fluid properties with the temperature. A …

Numerical study of expansion tube problems: Toward the simulation of cavitation

E Goncalvès - Computers & Fluids, 2013 - Elsevier
A compressible, multiphase, one-fluid inviscid solver has been developed to investigate the
behavior of various cavitation models. A new source term for the mass transfer between …

Modeling of flashing two-phase flow

GA Pinhasi, A Ullmann, A Dayan - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2005 - degruyter.com
ABSTRACT A review of the published work on the flashing of a two-phase flow system,
owing to a sudden depressurization of a compressed liquid, is presented. Of concern is the …

Modeling for non isothermal cavitation using 4-equation models

E Goncalvès - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014 - Elsevier
A compressible, two-phase, one-fluid solver has been developed to investigate the
behaviour of cavitation models including thermodynamic effects. The code is composed by …

Two-phase volumetric expanders: a review of the state-of-the-art

X van Heule, M De Paepe, S Lecompte - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two-phase expansion is the process where a fluid undergoes a pressure drop through or in
the liquid–vapor dome. This operation was historically avoided. However, currently it is …

Diffuse interface relaxation model for two-phase compressible flows with diffusion processes

C Zhang, I Menshov, L Wang, Z Shen - Journal of Computational Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper addresses a two-temperature model for simulating compressible two-phase flow
taking into account diffusion processes related to the heat conduction and viscosity of the …