Research Article
Theoretical Study on the Characteristics of Critical Heat Flux in Rectangular Channel of Natural Circulation under Motion Conditions
Table 2
Flow regimes and flow friction correlations.
| Flow regime | Correlation |
| Single-phase: | Laminar flow | (C = 64 for circular tube, C = 96 for rectangular channel) | Transition flow | Interpolation | Turbulent flow | Blasius model |
| Two-phase: | Mixture model (two-phase multiplier) | Lockhart–Martinelli model |
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