Experimental two-phase flow measurement using ultra fast limited-angle-type electron beam X-ray computed tomography

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bieberle ◽  
F. Fischer ◽  
E. Schleicher ◽  
D. Koch ◽  
H.-J. Menz ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Hampel ◽  
Frank Fischer ◽  
Eckhard Schleicher ◽  
Dietrich Hoppe ◽  
Prabhat Munshi

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 56-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schäfer ◽  
Christine Meitzner ◽  
Rüdiger Lange ◽  
Uwe Hampel

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schäfer ◽  
Martin Neumann-Kipping ◽  
André Bieberle ◽  
Martina Bieberle ◽  
Uwe Hampel

Abstract Gas entrainment into centrifugal pumps decreases pump performance and may raise safety issues, e.g., through insufficient cooling. Although there is some phenomenological knowledge in the form of correlations between operating parameters and pump performance, a further understanding via direct observation of the gas–liquid mixture was so far not possible. In this paper, we demonstrate the capability of ultrafast X-ray computed tomography (UFXCT) to disclose gas–liquid two-phase flow dynamics in the impeller region of a centrifugal pump mockup. Experiments were performed for gas injection at impeller speeds between 1300 rpm and 1600 rpm. We analyzed the X-ray image sequences with respect to characteristics of the gas distribution and compared them with time-averaged image data of a real pump obtained earlier with gamma-ray computed tomography (CT).


1996 ◽  
Vol 464 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Kawamoto ◽  
Po-Zen Wong

ABSTRACTWe have carried out x-ray radiography and computed tomography (CT) to study two-phase flow in 3-D porous media. Air-brine displacement was imaged for drainage and imbibition experiments in a vertical column of glass beads. By correlating water saturation Sw with resistance R, we find that there is a threshold saturation S* ≈ 0.2, above which R(SW) ∼ Sw−2, in agreement with the empirical Archie relation. This holds true for both drainage and imbibition with littlehysteresis, provided that Sw remains above S*. Should Sw drop below S* during drainage, R(Sw) rises above the Archie prediction, exhibiting strong hysteresis upon reimbibition. This behavior suggests a transition in the connectivity of the water phase near S*, possibly due to percolation effects.


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