.ThermoPower.Water.f_chen

Information

Chen's correlation for the computation of the heat transfer coefficient in two-phase flows.

Revision history:

• 20 Dec 2003 by Francesco Casella:
  First release.

Interface

function f_chen
  input SI.MassFlowRate w "Mass flowrate";
  input SI.Length D "Tube hydraulic diameter";
  input SI.Area A "Tube cross-section";
  input SI.DynamicViscosity muf "Liquid dynamic viscosity";
  input SI.ThermalConductivity kf "Liquid thermal conductivity";
  input SI.SpecificHeatCapacity cpf "Liquid cp";
  input SI.Density rhof "Liquid density";
  input SI.SurfaceTension sigma "Surface Tension";
  input SI.Density rhog "Vapour density";
  input SI.DynamicViscosity mug "Vapour dynamic viscosity";
  input SI.Temperature DTsat "Saturation temperature difference (wall-bulk)";
  input SI.Pressure Dpsat "Saturation pressure difference (wall-bulk)";
  input SI.SpecificEnthalpy ifg "Latent heat of vaporization";
  input SI.PerUnit x "Steam quality";
  output SI.CoefficientOfHeatTransfer hTP "Two-phase total heat transfer coefficient";
end f_chen;