Cryogenic Two-Phase Flow : Applications to Large Scale Systems (Hardcover)

1. Introduction to cryogenic systems with two phase flows; 2. Cryogenic gasification systems; 3. Crystostabilization systems; 4. Cryogenic fluid transport systems; 5. Two-phase (vapor-liquid) flows; 6. Requirements for the design of practical systems with two-phase flows; 7. Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in two-phase flows in cryogenic media; 8. Physical features of cryogenic vapor-liquid flows; 9. Conservation equations for heterogeneous two-phase flows; 10. Gasifier channels with intensifiers; 11. Two-phase helium in magnet stabilization channels; 12. Transportation of cryogenic fluids with partial evaporation and the geyser effect; 13. Two-phase flow regimes and optimum heat transfer; 14. Modeling of two-phase flows; 15. Summary; 16. Transient operating conditions in cryogenic systems with two-phase flow; 17. Introduction to transient conditions; 18. Evaluation methods for external disturbances; 19. Summary; 20. Transient conditions of gasification systems; 21. Results of operating experience; 22. Physical nature of the oscillations; 23. Hydrodynamic model; 24. Nondimensional analysis; 25. Analysis of high speed transients; 26. Practical considerations in the design of gasification systems; 27. Summary; 28. Transient conditions in magnet stabilization channels; 29. Modeling of transients resulting from variable heat loads; 30. Results of the analysis; 31. Experimental studies; 32. Summary; References.