# Onset of Slugging Criterion Based on Singular Point and Stability Analyses of Transient One-Dimensional Two-Phase Flow Equations of Two-Fluid Model

• Sung, Chang-Kyung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Nuclear Engineering) ;
• Chun, Moon-Hyun (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Nuclear Engineering)
• Published : 1996.06.01

#### Abstract

A two-step approach has been used to obtain a new criterion for the onset of slug formation : (1) In the first step, a more general expression than the existing models for the onset of slug flow criterion has been derived from the analysis of singular points and neutral stability conditions of the transient one-dimensional two-phase flow equations of two-fluid model. (2) In the second step, introducing simplifications and incorporating a parameter into the general expression obtained in the first step to satisfy a number of physical conditions a priori specified, a new simple criterion for the onset of slug flow has been derived. Comparisons of the present model with existing models and experimental data show that the present model agrees very closely with Taitel & Dukler's model and experimental data in horizontal pipes. In an inclined pipe ($\theta$ =50$^{\circ}$), however, the difference between the predictions of the present model and those of existing models is appreciably large and the present model gives the best agreement with Ohnuki et al.'s data.

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