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Countercurrent Flow Limitation in a Pipeline with an Orifice

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ENERGIES
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en16010222

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countercurrent flow limitation; orifice; mechanism; condensation; visualization; experiment

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Countercurrent flow limitation (CCFL) is a gravity-induced hydrodynamic process that restricts the operation of gas-liquid two-phase systems. CCFL may occur in the liquid level measurement system of a nuclear power plant, causing measurement errors. An experimental investigation was conducted to study the phenomenon and mechanism of CCFL in a pipeline with variable cross-sections, including an orifice. Both visual and quantified experiments were carried out, revealing the occurrence of CCFL in stratified, stratified wavy, and slug flow patterns.
Countercurrent flow limitation (CCFL) refers to an important class of gravity-induced hydrodynamic processes that impose a serious restriction on the operation of gas-liquid two-phase systems. In a nuclear power plant, CCFL may occur in the liquid level measurement system where an orifice is applied in the pipeline, which may introduce error into the level measurement system. CCFL can occur in horizontal, vertical, inclined, and even much more complicated geometric patterns, and the hot-leg channel flow passage has been widely investigated; however, a pipeline with variable cross-sections, including an orifice, has not yet been investigated. An experimental investigation has been conducted in order to identify the phenomenon, pattern, and mechanism of CCFL onset in this type of geometry. Both visual and quantified experiments were carried out. A high-speed camera was applied to capture the flow pattern. Visual experiments were implemented at atmospheric pressure, while quantified pressurizer experiments were implemented at higher pressures. It was determined that if the condensate drainage is low and the liquid level is also low, with a stable stratified flow upstream of the orifice, there is no oscillation of the differential pressure. However, at higher condensate drainage levels, when the liquid level increases, a stratified wavy flow occurs. One of these waves can suddenly rise upstream of the orifice to choke it, which subsequently gives rise to differential pressure across the orifice, with periodic variation. This pattern alternately features stratified flow, stratified wavy flow, and slug flow, which indicates the occurrence of CCFL. The CCFL occurring under these experimental conditions can be expressed as a Wallis type correlation, where the coefficients m and C are 0.682 and 0.601, respectively.

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