Published June 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Condensing behavior of a freon bubble with MPS-MAFL

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)

Description

In the study, MPS-MAFL is used to simulate the phenomena of a Freon bubble condensing in a subcooled pool. The sensitivity on pool subcooling is also studied to understand the condensation behavior. The simulating shows that the bubble pressure decreases as the condensation begins with the shrinking of the interface. At the later phase of the condensation, the bubble pressure becomes larger than that of the circumstance. A peak pressure will emerge at the moment that the bubble collapses and there will be a maximum pressure value at a certain subcooling. As the subcooling increases or decreases, the peak pressure will drop and may fade away. The maximum pressure is 3.12 MPa at a subcooling about 20℃. (authors)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Power Engineering
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 111-115
ISSN
0258-0926

Optional Information

Notes
9 figs., 9 refs.