文档介绍：International Journal of Multiphase Flow 36 (2010) 135–143
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International Journal of Multiphase Flow
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Two-phase flow and pool boiling heat transfer in microgravity
Jian-fu Zhao *
National Microgravity Laboratory/CAS (NMLC), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Article history: Researches on two-phase flow and pool boiling heat transfer in microgravity, which included ground-
Received 13 October 2008 based tests, flight experiments, and theoretical analyses, were conducted in the National Microgravity
Received in revised form 25 August 2009 Laboratory/CAS. A semi-theoretical Weber number model was proposed to predict the slug-to-annular
Accepted 3 September 2009
flow transition of two-phase gas–liquid flows in microgravity, while the influence of the initial bubble
Available online 6 September 2009
size on the bubble-to-slug flow transition was investigated numerically using the Monte Carlo method.
Two-phase flow pattern maps in microgravity were obtained in the experiments both aboard the Russian
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space station Mir and aboard IL-76 reduced gravity airplane. Mini-scale modeling was also used to sim-
Microgravity
ulate the behavior of microgravity two-phase flow on the ground. Pressure drops of two-phase flow in
Two-