Numerical simulation of tritiated bubble trajectory in a gas-liquid separator
| Autor: | Wei Liu, Yanfei Ma, Hua Li, Jingjing Li, Junlian Yin, Dezhong Wang, Yalan Qian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Tritium illumination
Computer simulation Molten salt reactor Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Chemistry 020209 energy Bubble Energy Engineering and Power Technology Separator (oil production) Equations of motion 02 engineering and technology Mechanics 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Vortex law.invention Physics::Fluid Dynamics Fuel Technology Classical mechanics Nuclear Energy and Engineering law 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Vector field |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Energy Research. 42:293-302 |
| ISSN: | 0363-907X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/er.3910 |
| Popis: | Summary The gas-liquid separator is a critical component for the online tritium gas removal system in thorium molten salt reactor. In this paper, an isolated bubble trajectory in a single-phase swirling flow field of the separator is investigated theoretically. The mathematical modeling of the forces acting on the bubble is established, and the motion equations of bubble are solved numerically. The axial and circumferential velocities of the swirling flow are approximated by the combination of 2 co-flow Batchelor vortices. Notably, it is a promising way to obtain the analytical expression of velocity field in this gas-liquid separator. The results indicate that the separation length will increase as decreasing diameter of bubble and swirl number. Hence, the numerical simulation provides an effective tool to predict bubble trajectory and optimize the design of the gas-liquid separator. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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