Abstract
In an attempt to reach a quantitative understanding of the interaction between liquid flow pattern and flash evaporation, a numerical analysis was made, as a first step, of the twodimensional turbulent flow of liquid in a 1 m-long flash chamber with and without baffle plates by means of a finite difference procedure.
The results are presented primarily in the form of computer-plotted contour maps of stream function and pressure (i. e. saturation temperature) for liquid flow rates of 4.3×105 to 8.7×105 kg/h·m-width and standard liquid level of 0.4m.
Velocity and pressure distributions and flow patterns obtained by numerical analysis are found to be in reasonably good agreement with experimental or observed results.
