The distributions of temperature and velocity of flashing flow in the flash chambers of a testmodule plant of multistage flash evaporator were measured and the results clarified the followings:
In the low temperature mode operation, considerable temperature difference in width directionwas observed and it become bigger with flowing to the down stages. This temperature differencewas attributed to the fact that the resistance of vapor flow from the brine level to the tube bundlewas not uniform in width direction. It was found that such a temperature difference had considerableinfluence on the performance ratio. Therefore, for a high flow rate plant of large scale, it issuggested that flash chamber geometry must be designed with consideration of not only flashingbrine flow but also vapor flow in flash chambers in low temperature stages.
Uniform temperature distributions were observed in the high temperatue mode operation.
The velocity distribution could be measured by cylindrical pilot tubes. No significant differencein velocity was found in width direction. It was considered that flow deflection hardly occured if orifice opening and floor geometry were uniform in width direction.
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