Two-phase nozzle flow and the subcharacteristic condition
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Two-phase nozzle flow and the subcharacteristic condition. / Linga, Gaute; Aursand, Peder; Flåtten, Tore.
In: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 426, No. 2, 15.06.2015, p. 917-934.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Two-phase nozzle flow and the subcharacteristic condition
AU - Linga, Gaute
AU - Aursand, Peder
AU - Flåtten, Tore
PY - 2015/6/15
Y1 - 2015/6/15
N2 - We consider nozzle flow models for two-phase flow with phase transfer. Such models are based on energy considerations applied to the frozen and equilibrium limits of the underlying relaxation models. In this paper, we provide an explicit link between the mass flow rate predicted by these models and the classical subcharacteristic condition of Chen, Levermore and Liu. In particular, we demonstrate that for sufficiently small pressure differences, the equilibrium nozzle model will predict a lower mass flow rate than the frozen model when the subcharacteristic condition is satisfied. An application to tank leakage of CO2 is presented, indicating that the frozen and equilibrium models provide significantly different predictions. This difference is comparable in magnitude to the modeling error introduced by applying simple ideal-gas/incompressible-liquid equations-of-state for CO2.
AB - We consider nozzle flow models for two-phase flow with phase transfer. Such models are based on energy considerations applied to the frozen and equilibrium limits of the underlying relaxation models. In this paper, we provide an explicit link between the mass flow rate predicted by these models and the classical subcharacteristic condition of Chen, Levermore and Liu. In particular, we demonstrate that for sufficiently small pressure differences, the equilibrium nozzle model will predict a lower mass flow rate than the frozen model when the subcharacteristic condition is satisfied. An application to tank leakage of CO2 is presented, indicating that the frozen and equilibrium models provide significantly different predictions. This difference is comparable in magnitude to the modeling error introduced by applying simple ideal-gas/incompressible-liquid equations-of-state for CO2.
KW - Nozzle flow
KW - Subcharacteristic condition
KW - Two-phase flow
U2 - 10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.01.065
DO - 10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.01.065
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84923627778
VL - 426
SP - 917
EP - 934
JO - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
JF - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
SN - 0022-247X
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 170017258