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The numerical simulation of adiabatic steam-water flow performed using the droplet entrainment model developed by the authors reflects the experimentally observed regularities of liquid flow rate variation in the film over the channel length. A procedure of calculating the fraction of entrained liquid is proposed for the conditions of dynamic equilibrium between the droplet entrainment and deposition processes. The results from application of the proposed procedure are consistent with the available experimental data.
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Original Russian Text © M.V. Minko, V.V. Yagov, 2014, published in Teploenergetika.
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Minko, M.V., Yagov, V.V. Modeling the distribution of liquid between the flow core and film in adiabatic annular two-phase flows. Therm. Eng. 61, 61–67 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S004060151401008X
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