Two Phase Flow Textbooks 1

[Hurricanes]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good textbook or books that deal with two phase flow? Steam-condensate is what I am mainly looking for, but any gas-liquid flows are of interest to me. The fluid and thermo texts I have are a bit too basic, only touching on two phase flow without going into any great detail.

Thanks in advance.

 

[MikeHalloran]

http://www.amazon.com/The-flow-complex-mixtures-pipes/dp/B0000EGADX

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[davefitz]

You might try perusing ( on the internet) some college grad school's curriculum, pick a course on 2-phase flow, and refer to the text that the instructor is using for that course.

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad "

 

[SNORGY]

MikeHalloran,

I have that book (your link) and I consider it to be the best treatment of the subject matter when compared to anything else I have read.

 

[MikeHalloran]

I've bought a lot of books over the years, but the Govier/Aziz treatment on multiphase and particle flows has been almost as useful to me as Machinery's Handbook.

In particular, it's the only textbook I have found that covers anomalous pressure drops in gas flow when a small amount of water is added.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[Hurricanes]

Thanks Mike, I think I will purchase that book.

Davefitz, I have done that, but nothing compares to a good textbook that can sit on my shelf and serve as a reference forever more.

 

[saplanti]

This paper might be useful for the solution and some calculation as well (You might find it by searching Google):

"Proceedings of the 3rd IASME/WSEAS Int. Conf. on HEAT TRANSFER, THERMAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENT, Corfu, Greece, August 20-22, 2005 (pp265-270):

Initiation of Water Hammer in a Steam/Water Pipe with a Non-Condensable Gas
Jiann-Lin Chen1,* Tzu-Chen Hung1 S. Kong Wang1 Bau-Shi Pei2
1Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, I – Shou University,
Da-Shu, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2Dept. of System and Engineering Science, National Tsing-Hua University. Hsing-Chu, Taiwan"

 

[saplanti]

The following website give good information on how to eliminate the condensate:

"Good Piping Practice Prevents Water Hammer in Steam Systems"

http://www.boydeng.com/WaterHammer.htm