Two-Phase Air-Water Nozzle Flow

Abstract

This paper describes an experimental investigation of two-phase, air-water nozzle flows including critical or choked flow. Five different nozzle geometries were used. The nozzles exhausted to atmospheric pressure from stagnation pressures of 16 to 55 psia. The quality (mass fraction of air flowing) ranged from 2 to 35 percent. A feature of the study was the injection system which was designed to minimize the entrainment of liquid into the gas phase. The data were found to be described within about 10 percent by modifying separated flow theory by a simple “blockage factor” correlation.