A Brief on Optical-based Investigation towards The Interfacial Behaviors during High Viscous Liquid/Gas Countercurrent Two-Phase Flow in a Complex Conduit Representing 1/30 Down-Scaled of PWR Hot Leg Geometry

Achilleus Hermawan Astyanto (Universitas Sanata Dharma)
Indarto Indarto (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Deendarlianto Deendarlianto (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Smart Technologies
Volume 05, Issue 01, June 2023

The present work briefly investigates liquid/gas countercurrent two-phase flow phenomena which can be specifically found in a mitigation during an accidental scenario in the operation of a nuclear reactor. A comprehensive knowledge on the corresponding phenomena is obviously important to avoid the failure on the cooling mechanism. Here, a pair of fluid containing high viscous liquid/gas flows through a complex conduit representing 1/30 scaled-down of PWR hot leg’s typical geometry. Furthermore, the flow structures were visually observed, while the film thicknesses are extracted by an image processing algorithm through the corresponding optical-tabulated data. The obtained results reveal that a rather sharp decrease in liquid film corresponds to the flow regime transition.Keywords: Countercurrent two-phase flow, liquid film thickness, high viscous liquid, complex conduit