Premixing-related behavior of steam explosions Original Research Article

Three recently published premixing experiments, the Magico, mixa, and Faro, are discussed comparatively, and two of them, the Magico and Faro, are analyzed with the help of the computer code Pm-alpha. The results of these analyses are shown to provide quantitative interpretations of the data, and to suggest conditions/measurements in further experiments to enhance the insights thus obtained. Also, a quantitative radiography technique is described and applied to Magico for the measurement of chordal-averaged void fractions in the mixing zone. The results are in excellent agreement with Pm-Alpha predictions, thus confirming the previously reported good comparisons with the local (point) measurements of Flute.