Experimental study of slug and churn flows in a vertical pipe using plug-in optical fiber and conductance sensors
| Autor: | Fumin Wang, Qiuyi Yang, Ding Wang, N.D. Jin, Lusheng Zhai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Chord (geometry) Optical fiber Mechanical Engineering General Chemical Engineering Bubble Flow (psychology) Aerospace Engineering 02 engineering and technology Mechanics Slug flow 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas law.invention Physics::Fluid Dynamics 020401 chemical engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering law Local time 0103 physical sciences 0204 chemical engineering Spiral (railway) Porosity Geology |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 107:16-28 |
| ISSN: | 0894-1777 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2019.05.005 |
| Popis: | It is of great significance to explore the flow structures in gas-liquid slug and churn flows. Aiming at this purpose, a novel plug-in optical probe combined with conductance sensors are designed. Furthermore, we perform experimental study of gas-liquid flows in vertical upward pipe with 20 mm inner diameter. Simultaneously, the local time average of void fraction in axial direction, cross-correlation velocity and instantaneous bubble chord distribution in slug and churn flows at seven radial positions are obtained. The research results show that big deformed bubbles in churn flow spiral up in test pipe, but sometimes they rise along pipe center just as gas slugs in slug flow. Besides, bubble chord length distributions in liquid slug of slug and churn flows are analyzed in this study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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