Abstract
Rapid expansion and supercooling of dry vapor in low-pressure steam turbines trigger nucleation phenomenon. Subsequently, following the occurrence of vapor condensation, a vapor–liquid two-phase flow is established. Entropy generation mainly by condensation shock, blade erosion, and ultimately, destruction of equipment and efficiency reduction are among adverse effects of vapor condensation, which should be either attenuated or controlled. In the present research, which is a continuation to the research performed by original authors, a one-dimensional analytical Eulerian–Lagrangian model is used to apply convergent section heating to different supersonic nozzles under various inlet conditions. The results indicate that the flow response to the heating is well dependent on the intensity of condensation shock or inlet conditions. In order to compensate for the mass flow rate resulted from the convergent section heating, effects of simultaneous reduction of inlet stagnation temperature and convergent section heating were investigated. Finally, it was found that, maintaining constant mass flow rate, simultaneous reduction of inlet stagnation temperature and convergent section heating cannot attenuate the condensation shock significantly. Therefore, the best approach to compensate for the reduction in the mass flow rate due to convergent section heating is to simultaneously increase inlet stagnation pressure.
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Notes
Peak nucleation zone.
Abbreviations
- A :
-
Area
- B :
-
Virial condensation coefficient
- \(C_{\text{P}}\) :
-
Specific heat at constant pressure
- \(D_{\text{e}}\) :
-
Equivalent diameter
- f :
-
Friction factor
- h :
-
Enthalpy
- \(\Delta G\) :
-
Change in Gibbs free energy
- J :
-
Rate of formation of critical droplets per unit volume and time
- L :
-
Convergent length
- La:
-
Latent heat
- M :
-
Total mass flow rate
- m :
-
Mass of droplet
- Ma :
-
Mach number
- N :
-
Number of droplets per unit volume
- P :
-
Vapor pressure
- \(P_{\text{S}} \left( {T_{\text{G}} } \right)\) :
-
Saturation pressure at \(T_{\text{G}}\)
- \(q_{\text{C}}\) :
-
Condensation coefficient
- \(\dot{q}\) :
-
Volumetric heat transfer rate (W m−3)
- \(\dot{Q}\) :
-
Total heat transfer rate (W)
- R :
-
Gas constant for water vapor
- \(\bar{R}_{\text{Sa}}\) :
-
Sauter mean radius
- \(\bar{R}_{\text{Su}}\) :
-
Surface-averaged radius
- \(\bar{R}_{\text{V}}\) :
-
Volume-averaged radius
- r :
-
Radius of droplet
- \(S_{\text{L}}\) :
-
Total surface of droplets per unit volume
- T :
-
Temperature
- t :
-
Time
- \(T_{\text{S}} \left( P \right)\) :
-
Saturation temperature at P
- U :
-
Velocity
- \(V_{\text{L}}\) :
-
Total volume of droplets per unit volume
- x :
-
Distance along nozzle axis
- X, Y :
-
Functions of temperature and density in equation of state
- α :
-
Heat transfer coefficient
- ρ :
-
Density
- λ :
-
Coefficient of thermal conductivity
- \(\sigma_{\text{r}}\) :
-
Surface tension of droplet
- 0:
-
Stagnation condition
- G :
-
Vapor phase
- i :
-
Inlet condition
- L :
-
Liquid phase
- s :
-
Saturation
- *:
-
Critical droplet
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Talebi Somesaraee, M., Amiri Rad, E. & Mahpeykar, M.R. Analytical investigation of simultaneous effects of convergent section heating of Laval nozzle, steam inlet condition, and nozzle geometry on condensation shock. J Therm Anal Calorim 133, 1023–1039 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7126-x
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