Sensitivity analysis of numerically determined linear stability boundaries of a supercritical heated channel. T'Joen, C., Gilli, L., & Rohde, M. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 241(9):3879-3889, 2011. doi abstract bibtex The large change in density which occurs when supercritical water is heated above or near to the pseudocritical temperature in a vertical channel can result in the onset of flow instabilities (density wave oscillations). Near to the critical point, substance properties such as enthalpy, density, viscosity, etc. all have larger relative uncertainties compared to subcritical conditions. The goal of this study is to quantify the effect of these property uncertainties and system uncertainties on numerically determined stability boundaries. These boundaries were determined through an eigenvalue analysis of the linearised set of equations. The sensitivity analysis is performed in a forward way. The results show that the impact of the density and viscosity tolerance individually as well as that of the uncertainty of the imposed pressure drop are negligible. The tolerance on the derivative of the density with regard to the enthalpy propagates only noticeably at low NSUBnumbers (Tin> 370 °C). The friction factor and the heat flux distribution uncertainties have a comparable effect, being more pronounced near the bend in the stability curve. The most significant uncertainty was found to be that of the geometry, even a ±25 μm uncertainty on length scales results in a large uncertainty. The results also showed that the stability boundary is linked to the friction distribution rather than its average value, and that different correlations result in strong changes of the predicted boundary. This emphasizes the need for an accurate friction correlation for supercritical fluids. These findings are important to assess the design of experimental facilities which use scaling fluids. © 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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