Can FluidFlow predict two-phase choked flow conditions?

Can FluidFlow predict two-phase choked flow conditions?


There are no available correlations in the public domain for the reliable prediction of two-phase choked flow conditions.
 
The software will solve the conservation of mass, energy and momentum and on this basis, if the model solves with a negative value for static pressure (physical impossibility), a warning is enunciated to that effect which can be indicative of choked flow conditions.

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