Numerical and orthogonal study on Optimization analysis of structure parameters of bubble breaker for Electrical Submersible Pump system

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Chuan Xie ◽  
Yonghui Liu ◽  
Xiaoping Li ◽  
Guangbiao Wang ◽  
Qinhua Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slug Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Bubble Diameter ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Original Structure ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Under slug flow conditions, electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) show a low efficiency due to Taylor bubbles, which cause pressure surging and gas pockets and the further deterioration of pressure boosting ability. In this study, a novel downhole bubble breaker is designed for mitigating the impact in ESP under slug flow conditions. The CFD-PBM coupled approach was employed to calculate the bubble breaker's average bubble diameter to evaluate its efficiency. Meanwhile, experimental studies were conducted and compared with numerical results. Also, MATLAB and DIP-image technology was employed to calculate the bubble diameter. Compared with experimental results, the simulation results agree well. Furthermore, the novel bubble breaker's performance was studied by orthogonal approach. The best result of range analysis is A2B3C4D1E4 (a = 30°, L = 300 mm, R = 2:1, vsg = 0.2 m/s, and vsl = 0.08 m/s), and sensitively analysis results present that the range of impact intensity are A (inlet angle) > E (superficial gas velocity) > B (total length) > D (superficial liquid velocity) > C (ratio of the gas–liquid channel). The optimal structure's bubble diameters are all less than that of the original structure, with a superficial gas velocity range of 0.2–0.6 m/s. The downstream bubble diameter of the optimal bubble is about 31.6% lower than the original structure at the maximum value point.

Bubble Diameter and Effective Interfacial Area in a Novel Hybrid Rotating and Reciprocating Perforated Plate Bubble Column

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanasekaran S ◽  
Karunanithi T
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Bubble Column ◽  
Bubble Diameter ◽  
Perforated Plate ◽  
Interfacial Area ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
Plate Column

This investigation reports on the experimental and theoretical investigation carried out to evaluate the bubble diameter and effective interfacial area in a novel Hybrid Rotating and Reciprocating Perforated Plate Bubble Column. Air-water system is used in this investigation. Countercurrent mode is employed. The effects of agitation level, superficial gas velocity and superficial liquid velocity on the bubble size distribution are studied. The mean bubble diameter is predicted using photographic technique. A simple correlation is developed for the determination of mean bubble diameter. It is found that the mean bubble diameter values for hybrid column are 1.8 to 2.5 times smaller when compared with conventional reciprocating plate column. The interfacial area is calculated based on the experimental results of the gas holdup and bubble diameter. Effects of agitation level, superficial gas velocity, superficial liquid velocity and plate free area on the interfacial area have been investigated. Correlations are developed for the determination of interfacial area for both mixer-settler and emulsion regions. It could be noted that the interfacial area for the hybrid column is 3 to 6 times higher in both mixer-settler region and emulsion region than that of conventional reciprocating plate column which is quite large.

scholarly journals Frictional Pressure Drop and Liquid Holdup of Churn Flow in Vertical Pipes with Different Viscosities

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zilong Liu ◽  
Yubin Su ◽  
Ming Lu ◽  
Zilong Zheng ◽  
Ruiquan Liao
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Liquid Holdup ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Viscous Oil ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
Churn Flow

Churn flow commonly exists in the pipe of heavy oil, and the characteristics of churn flow should be widely understood. In this paper, we carried out air and viscous oil two-phase flow experiments, and the diameter of the test section is 60 mm. The viscosity range of the oil was 100~480 mPa·s. Based on the measured liquid holdup and pressure drop data of churn flow, it can be concluded that, due to the existence of liquid film backflow, positive and negative frictional pressure drop can be found and the change of frictional pressure drop with the superficial gas velocity is related to superficial liquid velocity. With the increase of viscosity, the change rate of frictional pressure drop increases with the increase of the superficial gas velocity. Combining our previous work and the Taitel model, we proposed a new pressure drop model for viscous oil-air two-phase churn flow in vertical pipes. By comparing the predicted values of existing models with the measured pressure drop data, the proposed model has better performance in predicting the pressure drop.

scholarly journals Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Optimized 3D Compressor Airfoils

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mihalyovics ◽  
Christian Brück ◽  
Dieter Peitsch ◽  
Ilias Vasilopoulos ◽  
Marcus Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Total Pressure Loss ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stator Design

The objective of the presented work is to perform numerical and experimental studies on compressor stators. This paper presents the modification of a baseline stator design using numerical optimization resulting in a new 3D stator. The Rolls Royce in-house compressible flow solver HYDRA was employed to predict the 3D flow, solving the steady RANS equations with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model, and its corresponding discrete adjoint solver. The performance gradients with respect to the input design parameters were used to optimize the stator blade with respect to the total pressure loss over a prescribed incidence range, while additionally minimizing the flow deviation from the axial direction at the stator exit. Non-uniform profile boundary conditions, being derived from the experimental measurements, have been defined at the inlet of the CFD domain. The presented results show a remarkable decrease in the axial exit flow angle deviation and a minor decrease in the total pressure loss. Experiments were conducted on two compressor blade sets investigating the three-dimensional flow in an annular compressor stator cascade. Comparing the baseline flow of the 42° turning stator shows that the optimized stator design minimizes the secondary flow phenomena. The experimental investigation discusses the impact of steady flow conditions on each stator design while focusing on the comparison of the 3D optimized design to the baseline case. The flow conditions were investigated using five-hole probe pressure measurements in the wake of the blades. Furthermore, oil-flow visualization was applied to characterize flow phenomena. These experimental results are compared with the CFD calculations.

Effect of Drag-Reducing Agent on Slug Characteristics in Multiphase Flow in Inclined Pipes

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kang ◽  
W. P. Jepson ◽  
M. Gopal
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Multiphase Flow ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Translational Velocity ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
Inclined Pipes ◽  
Superficial Liquid Velocity

The effect of drag-reducing agent (DRA) on multiphase flow in upward and downward inclined pipes has been studied. The effect of DRA on pressure drop and slug characteristics such as slug translational velocity, the height of the liquid film, slug frequency, and Froude number have been determined. Experiments were performed in 10-cm i.d., 18-m long plexiglass pipes at inclinations of 2 and 15 deg for 50 percent oil-50 percent water-gas. The DRA effect was examined for concentrations ranging from 0 to 50 ppm. Studies were done for superficial liquid velocities between 0.5 and 3 m/s and superficial gas velocities between 2 and 10 m/s. The results indicate that the DRA was effective in reducing the pressure drop for both upflow and downflow in inclined pipes. Pressure gradient reduction of up to 92 percent for stratified flow with a concentration of 50 ppm DRA was achieved in ±2 deg downward inclined flow. The effectiveness of DRA for slug flow was 67 percent at a superficial liquid velocity of 0.5 m/s and superficial gas velocity of 2 m/s in 15 deg upward inclined pipes. Slug translational velocity does not change with DRA concentrations. The slug frequency decreases from 68 to 54 slugs/min at superficial liquid velocity of 1 m/s and superficial gas velocity of 4 m/s in 15 deg upward inclined pipes as the concentration of 50 ppm was added. The height of the liquid film decreased with the addition of DRA, which leads to an increase in Froude number.

Mass Transfer Studies in a Novel Perforated Plate Bubble Column

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dhanasekaran ◽  
T. Karunanithi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Bubble Column ◽  
Perforated Plate ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
Mass Transfer Studies ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
Superficial Liquid Velocity

This investigation reports the experimental and theoretical results carried out to evaluate the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) in a novel hybrid rotating and reciprocating perforated plate bubble column. Countercurrent condition is performed. kLa is studied by the absorption of oxygen from air into deoxygenated water at room temperature (27 ± 1°C). Effects of agitation level, superficial gas velocity, superficial liquid velocity and plate spacing on kLa were analyzed and found to be significant. With an increase in agitation level at a constant superficial gas and liquid velocities, the breakage process of gas bubbles starts to be more pronounced and intensive oxygen mass transfer occurs. Hence, kLa increases sharply. kLa increases with an increase in superficial gas velocity, due to higher gas holdup and the enhanced breakup of bubbles. Similarly, kLa increases with an increase in superficial liquid velocity and the effect is found to be significant. When plate spacing is decreased (by increasing the number of plates), it is observed that the kLa increases at higher superficial gas velocity and agitation level. Correlation is developed for the determination of kLa and found to concur with experimental results. This correlation can be used for the determination of kLa for this hybrid column with 95% accuracy within the range of variables investigated in this present study.

Design and Performance of Slug Damper

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Reinoso ◽  
Luis E. Gomez ◽  
Shoubo Wang ◽  
Ram S. Mohan ◽  
Ovadia Shoham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Liquid Flow Rate ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Mechanistic Model ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Flow Loop ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity

This study investigates theoretically and experimentally the slug damper as a novel flow conditioning device, which can be used upstream of compact separation systems. In the experimental part, a 3 in. ID slug damper facility has been installed in an existing 2 in. diameter two-phase flow loop. This flow loop includes an upstream slug generator, a gas-liquid cylindrical cyclone (GLCC©, ©The University of Tulsa, 1994) attached to the slug damper downstream and a set of conductance probes for measuring the propagation of the dissipated slug along the damper. Over 200 experimental runs were conducted with artificially generated inlet slugs of 50 ft length (Ls/d=300) that were dumped into the loop upstream of the slug damper, varying the superficial liquid velocity between 0.5 ft/s and 2.5 ft/s and superficial gas velocity between 10 ft/s and 40 ft/s (in the 2 in. inlet pipe) and utilizing segmented orifice opening heights of 1 in., 1.5 in., 2 in., and 3 in. For each experimental run, the measured data included propagation of the liquid slug front in the damper, differential pressure across the segmented orifice, GLCC liquid level, GLCC outlet liquid flow, and static pressure in the GLCC. The data show that the slug damper/GLCC system is capable of dissipating long slugs, narrowing the range of liquid flow rate from the downstream GLCC. Also, the damper capacity to process large slugs is a strong function of the superficial gas velocity (and mixture velocity). The theoretical part includes the development of a mechanistic model for the prediction of the hydrodynamic flow behavior in the slug damper. The model enables the predictions of the outlet liquid flow rate and the available damping time, and in turn the prediction of the slug damper capacity. Comparison between the model predictions and the acquired data reveals an accuracy of ±30% with respect to the available damping time and outlet liquid flow rate. The developed model can be used for design of slug damper units.

scholarly journals Effects of Liquid Velocity on Pressure Gradient, Slip and Interfacial Friction Factor in Annular Flow in Horizontal Pipe

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Uche Osokogwu
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Interfacial Friction ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Mixture Density ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
Superficial Liquid Velocity

Experimental investigations on annular flow behaviour in two-phase (air/water) flow in horizontal pipe were conducted using 2-inch (0.0504m) with a total length of 28.68m closed loop system. The emphasis from the experiments were on pressure gradient, slip and interfacial friction factor in annular flow. For interfacial friction factor, the entrainment, gas quality, the droplets and slip mixture density values were obtained through the experimental results which were substituted to determine it. In all, effects of liquid velocity were felt, as increase in superficial liquid velocity, increases the interfacial friction factor and pressure gradient in annular flow in horizontal pipes. More so, increase in superficial gas velocity, reduces the interfacial friction factor. Thus, interfacial friction factor decreases with increases in superficial gas velocity, while the pressure gradient increases with increase in superficial liquid velocity. The lower the superficial liquid velocity, the higher the slip but the lower the pressure gradient. Likewise, the lower the superficial liquid velocity, the more ripple waves obtained while the higher the superficial liquid velocity, the more disturbance waves in annular flow in horizontal pipe from the experiments.

CFD-PBM simulation of hydrodynamics of microbubble column with shear-thinning fluid

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Zhang ◽  
Ping Zhu ◽  
Shuaichao Li ◽  
Wenyuan Fan ◽  
Jingyan Lian
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Turbulent Kinetic Energy ◽  
Radial Direction ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Bubble Column ◽  
Gas Holdup ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Gas Distributor ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity ◽  
The Right

Abstract A numerical simulation was performed to study the hydrodynamics of micro-bubble swarm in bubble column with polyacrylamide (PAM) aqueous solution by using computational fluid dynamics coupled with population balance models (CFD-PBM). By considering rheological characteristics of fluid, this approach was able to accurately predict the features of bubble swarm, and validated by comparing with the experimental results. The gas holdup, turbulent kinetic energy and liquid velocity of bubble column have been elucidated by considering the influences of superficial gas velocity and gas distributor size respectively. The results show that with the rise of the superficial gas velocity, the gas holdup and its peak width increase significantly. Especially, the curve peak corresponding to high gas velocity tends to drift obviously toward the right side. Except for the occurrence of a smooth holdup peak at the column center under the condition of the moderate distributor size, the gas holdups for the small and large distributor sizes become flat in the radial direction respectively. The distribution of turbulent kinetic energy presents an increasingly asymmetrical feature in the radial direction and also its variation amplitude enhances obviously with the rise of gas velocity. The increase in gas distributor size can enhance markedly turbulent kinetic energy as well as its overall influenced width. At the low and moderate superficial gas velocity, the curves of the liquid velocity in radial direction present the Gaussian distributions, whereas the perfect distribution always is broken in the symmetry for high gas velocity. Both liquid velocities around the bubble column center and the ones near both column walls go up consistently with the gas distributor size, especially near the walls at the large distributor size condition.

The Analysis of the Impact of Particles on Cavitation Flow Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boštjan Gregorc ◽  
Matjaž Hriberšek ◽  
Andrej Predin
Keyword(s):  
Dispersion Model ◽  
Phase Particle ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Particle Dispersion ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Cavitation Flow ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Cavitation Tunnel ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Additional Phase

The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the impact of solid particles on the development of cavitation flow conditions around a hydrofoil. Experimental studies were conducted in a cavitation tunnel with different mixtures of particles and water. The effect of the particles on the development of cavitation flows was modeled by using an additional phase particle dispersion model (Euler-Euler). Numerical modeling was performed using the CFD software. The impact on the cavity model with the parametric analysis of the entry conditions of particles in the calculation domain was investigated, with a focus on the solid shear viscosity. Another purpose of this research was to present the possibility of modeling the development of the vapor phase in the commercial CFD software package, while taking into account the impact of particles. This paper presents the results of the experimental measurements and their comparison with numerical simulations.

Experimental Study and Modeling of Slug Dissipation in a Horizontal Enlarged Impacting Tee-Junction

SPE Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (05) ◽  
pp. 2508-2520
Author(s):  
Mobina Mohammadikharkeshi ◽  
Ramin Dabirian ◽  
Ram S. Mohan ◽  
Ovadia Shoham
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Absolute Relative Error ◽  
Average Absolute Relative Error ◽  
Oil Flow ◽  
Flow Mechanisms ◽  
Dissipation Model ◽  
Tee Junction ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity

Summary A novel experimental and theoretical study on slug dissipation in a horizontal enlarged impacting tee-junction (EIT) is carried out. Both flowing-slug injection and stationary-slug injection into the EIT are studied, and the effects of inlet slug length and liquid-phase fluid properties on the slug dissipation in the EIT are investigated. A total of 161 experimental data are acquired for air-water and air-oil flow. The flowing-slug data (with a horizontal inlet) show that the slug dissipation length increases with increasing mixture velocity, demonstrating a nonlinear trend with a steeper slope at lower mixture velocities. The effect of superficial gas velocity on the slug dissipation length is more pronounced compared with the effect of superficial liquid velocity. For stationary-slug injection into the EIT (with a 5° upward inclined inlet), the injected slug lengths vary between 40d to 100d (d is the inlet diameter). The data reveal that, when increasing the superficial gas velocity or the inlet slug size, the dissipation length in the EIT branches increases. For this case, the ratio of the slug dissipation length to the inlet slug length is higher for air-water compared with air-oil. A slug dissipation model is developed using the slug-tracking approach, which is based on the flow mechanisms of liquid shedding at the back of the slug and liquid drainage and penetration of bubble turning at the front of the slug. These phenomena result in different translational velocities at the back and the front of the slug, which result in the dissipation of the slug body. Evaluation of model predictions against the acquired experimental data shows an average absolute relative error of less than 11%.

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