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Down flow of water-air mixtures in vertical columns

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Published data and data obtained by the present authors on gas-liquid (water-air) down flows are examined. Down flows are investigated for the conditions of the cooling loop of the RBMK control-and-protection system and the system ejecting gas in the safety-and-control system channels with film cooling. A criterial analysis is performed of the main parameters characterizing down flows in regimes of companion motion of the phases and hovering of the gas phase.

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    T. A. Bubnova & R. R. Ionaitis

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 108, No. 3, pp. 138–145, March, 2010.

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Bubnova, T.A., Ionaitis, R.R. Down flow of water-air mixtures in vertical columns. At Energy 108, 174–183 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-010-9274-3

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