Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol.20, No.6, 419-423, 1997
A new correlation for the two-phase pressure recovery downstream from a sudden enlargement
By applying the macroscopic conservation laws to a simplified jet downstream from a sudden enlargement, a new correlation of the two-phase subcritical pressure recovery is obtained. Comparisons with the set of existing data (air-water and steam-water subcritical flows) show that the predictions obtained by means of this formula are more accurate than the ones given by available analytical models. The proposed correlation presents an important improvement of the pressure recovery predictions in the case of small mass velocities. However, it can not be applied in the conditions of quality too close to one.