Correlations for the mass transfer rate of droplets in vertical upward annular flow

Abstract New correlations for the deposition rate and entrainment rate of droplets in vertical upward annular flow were developed from simple models and available experimental data. In the correlation for the deposition rate, the superficial gas velocity was used as the parameter of primary importance at low droplet concentration while the droplet concentration itself at high droplet concentration. In correlating the rate of droplet entrainment, the ratio of interfacial shear force to the surface tension force acting on the surface of liquid film was the appropriate scaling parameter to correlate the experimental data measured in varied conditions. The experimental data for air–water annular flow were used in the development of the present correlations since extensive databases were available. It was however confirmed that the present model provides satisfactory agreements with the experimental data for high-pressure steam–water annular flow.

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