An investigation of transition processes from transient gas–liquid plug to slug flow in horizontal pipe: Experiment and Cost-based recurrence analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 111253
Author(s):  
Lusheng Zhai ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Yuqing Wang
Author(s):  
Juliana Loureiro ◽  
Atila Pantaleão Silva Freire ◽  
Rafael Baungartner

Author(s):  
Afshin Goharzadeh ◽  
Peter Rodgers

This paper presents an experimental study of gas-liquid slug flow inside a horizontal pipe. The influence of air bubble passage on liquid flow is characterized using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) combined with Refractive Index Matching (RIM) and fluorescent tracers. A physical insight into the velocity distribution within slug flow is presented. It was observed that the slug flow significantly influences the velocity profile in the liquid film. Measured velocity distributions also revealed a significant drop in the velocity magnitude immediately upstream of the slug nose. These findings aim to aid an understanding of the mechanism of solid transportation in slug flows.


Author(s):  
J. N. E. Carneiro ◽  
R. Fonseca Jr. ◽  
A. J. Ortega ◽  
R. C. Chucuya ◽  
A. O. Nieckele ◽  
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Author(s):  
Marek Czapp ◽  
Matthias Utschick ◽  
Johannes Rutzmoser ◽  
Thomas Sattelmayer

Investigations on gas-liquid flows in horizontal pipes are of immanent importance for Reactor Safety Research. In case of a breakage of the main cooling circuit of a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), the pressure losses of the gas-liquid flow significantly govern the loss of coolant rate. The flow regime is largely determined by liquid and gas superficial velocities and contains slug flow that causes high-pressure pulsations to the infrastructure of the main cooling circuit. Experimental and numerical investigations on adiabatic slug flow of a water-air system were carried out in a horizontal pipe of about 10 m length and 54 mm diameter at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. Stereoscopic high-speed Particle Image Velocimetry in combination with Laser Induced Fluorescence was successfully applied on round pipe geometry to determine instantaneous three-dimensional water velocity fields of slug flows. After grid independence studies, numerical simulations were run with the open-source CFD program OpenFOAM. The solver uses the VOF method (Volume of Fluid) with phase-fraction interface capturing approach based on interface compression. It provides mesh refinement at the interfacial area to improve resolution of the interface between the two phases. Furthermore, standard k-ε turbulence model was applied in an unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (URANS) model to resolve self-induced slug formation. The aim of this work is to present the feasibility of both relatively novel possibilities of determining two-phase slug flows in pipes. Experimental and numerical results allow the comparison of the slug initiation and expansion process with respect to their axial velocities and cross-sectional void fractions.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okto Dinaryanto ◽  
Arif Widyatama ◽  
Maya Prestinawati ◽  
Indarto ◽  
Deendarlianto
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2019 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Babakhani Dehkordi ◽  
L.P.M. Colombo ◽  
E. Mohammadian ◽  
D. Arnone ◽  
A. Azdarpour ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 103175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenshan Peng ◽  
Xuewen Cao ◽  
Jian Hou ◽  
Kun Xu ◽  
Yin Fan ◽  
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Author(s):  
Ke-Wei Xu ◽  
Yongchao Zhang ◽  
Dong Liu ◽  
Amirah Nabilah Azman ◽  
Hyoung-Bum Kim

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