Review on the steam-liquid separation in the steam generator of nuclear power plants

W Mengyao, W Bo, G Xin, Z Jiayi, C Zhiyang… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Steam-liquid desiccators (SLDs) as an important nuclear energy conversion equipment are
widely used steam-liquid separation (SLS) devices of steam generator (SG) in advanced …

Review of Downhole Gas Liquid Separators In Unconventional Reservoirs

EH Al Munif, L Alhamad, CE Ejim… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2023 - onepetro.org
The accumulation of liquid in deeper wells poses a critical problem as it significantly reduces
the well's productivity index. One of the methods used to lift the accumulated liquid is the …

Decay law and swirl length of swirling gas-liquid flow in a vertical pipe

L Liu, J Zhang, S Liu, K Wang, H Gu - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decaying swirling flow is widely utilized in multiphase flow devices for separation,
stabilization and heat transfer enhancement. In this paper, based on the image processing …

Experimental investigation on separation characteristics of axial cyclone separator

JZ Wang, YC Wang, JZ Han, Q Xu, XD Xie… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Axial cyclone separator has been widely applied in chemical production as an efficient gas-
liquid separation device. In this study, a new axial cyclone separator with integrated swirler …

Two-phase flow pattern identification in horizontal gas–liquid swirling pipe flow by machine learning method

W Liu, X Lv, S Jiang, H Li, H Zhou, X Dou - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas–liquid two-phase swirling flow has been widely used in nuclear industry. Its flow pattern
is fundamental to investigate the two-phase flow. Although flow patterns of non-swirling flow …

Experimental study on the separation performance of a full-scale SG steam-water separator

L Liu, B Ying, H Gu, D Xu, C Huang, S Chen - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Steam separator package including swirl vane separator, gravity and dryer is crucial for
guaranteeing steam humidity below 0.1% in SG. In this paper, a high-pressure flow system …

Investigation on separation characteristics of gas–liquid two-phase flow around the perforated tube

J Wang, Y Wang, X Xie, Q Xu, J Wang, L Guo - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas-liquid separator plays an important role in the reactor fission gas removal system.
Utilizing the differential pressure formed by flow around the perforated tube, the separator …

Simulation and optimization of a conical type swirl-vane separator in nuclear SG

K Wang, L Liu, D Xu, H Gu - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Swirl-vane separator is used as primary separator in nuclear SG for liquid droplet separation
from steam flow. In order to improve the separator performance, in present paper, based on …

Effects of the surface roughness on the separation efficiency of oil–gas mixture impingement on the vertical wall

L Wang, X Li, Y Lu, J Feng, X Peng - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the effect of the surface roughness (0.3 μm, 1.1 μm, 2.5 μm, and 4.5
μm) on the oil–gas separation efficiency. Through spraying the oil–gas mixture onto the …

Investigation on the formation mechanism and flow characteristics of liquid carry-over in gas–liquid cyclone separator

X Xie, Y Wang, J Wang, Y Li, J Wang, Y Zhou, Y Pan… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The liquid carry-over (LCO) phenomenon brings about the performance deterioration of gas–
liquid cyclone separator and an increase in pressure drop. However, the formation …