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http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2015.25.1.069

Evaluation of Bubble Size Models for the Prediction of Bubbly Flow with CFD Code  

Bak, Jin-yeong (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yun, Byong-jo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Abstract
Bubble size is a key parameter for an accurate prediction of bubble behaviours in the multi-dimensional two-phase flow. In the current STAR CCM+ CFD code, a mechanistic bubble size model $S{\gamma}$ is available for the prediction of bubble size in the flow channel. As another model, Yun model is developed based on DEBORA that is subcooled boiling data in high pressure. In this study, numerical simulation for the gas-liquid two-phase flow was conducted to validate and confirm the performance of $S{\gamma}$ model and Yun model, using the commercial CFD code STAR CCM+ ver. 10.02. For this, local bubble models was evaluated against the air-water data from DEDALE experiments (1995) and Hibiki et al. (2001) in the vertical pipe. All numerical results of $S{\gamma}$ model predicted reasonably the two-phase flow parameters and Yun model is needed to be improved for the prediction of air-water flow under low pressure condition.
Keywords
two-phase flow; air-water flow; bubbly flow; bubble size model;
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