Correlations of the Holdup and the Frictional Pressure Drop in Air-Water Two-Phase Flow in a Flat Capillary Rectangular Channel

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Ide ◽  
Tohru Fukano
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flows ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Phenomena

Both vertical upward and horizontal gas-liquid two-phase flows in a flat capillary rectangular channel were studied to clarify the flow phenomena, the holdup and the frictional pressure drop. The dimension of the channel used was 9.9 mm × 1.1 mm. The orientations of the channel were with the wide side vertical and the wide side horizontal. The differences between the flow characteristics in such orientations were investigated. New correlations of holdup and frictional pressure drop for flat capillary channels are proposed, in which the effect of aspect ratio has been taken into consideration.

Experimental Investigation on the Correlations of the Holdup and the Frictional Pressure Drop of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in a Flat Capillary Rectangular Channel

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Ide ◽  
Tohru Fukano
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
Superficial Gas Velocity

Experiments on the horizontal and the vertical upward gas-liquid two-phase flows were done to clarify the flow phenomena in a flat capillary rectangular channel. The flow patterns, the passing frequency and the velocity of liquid lumps, the holdup and the frictional pressure drop in two-phase flow were investigated. The dimension of the channel used was 9.9 mm × 1.1 mm. The orientations of the channel were with the wide side vertical and the wide side horizontal. The differences between the flow phenomena in such orientations were investigated. The effects of the orientation of the duct, the aspect ratio of the cross section of the channel, superficial gas velocity and superficial liquid velocity on those two-phase flow parameters were examined. The obtained data of the holdup and the frictional pressure drop could not be correlated well with those correlations which have been proposed so far. New correlations of holdup and frictional pressure drop for a flat capillary channel are proposed. The predictions by those correlations have sufficient accuracy for both the vertical and the horizontal flows.

Two-Phase Flow Through Square and Circular Microchannels—Effects of Channel Geometry

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M.-Y. Chung ◽  
Masahiro Kawaji ◽  
Akimaro Kawahara ◽  
Yuichi Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Channel Geometry ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Channel Shape

An adiabatic experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of channel geometry on gas-liquid two-phase flow characteristics in horizontal microchannels. A water-nitrogen gas mixture was pumped through a 96 μm square microchannel and the resulting flow pattern, void fraction and frictional pressure drop data were compared with those previously reported by the authors for a 100 μm circular microchannel. The pressure drop data were best estimated using a separated-flow model and the void fraction increased non-linearly with volumetric quality, regardless of the channel shape. However, the flow maps exhibited transition boundaries that were shifted depending on the channel shape.

Experimental Investigation on Flow Patterns and Frictional Pressure Drop of Downward Air-Water Two-Phase Flow in Vertical Pipes

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqing Xue ◽  
Huixiong Li ◽  
Tianyou Sheng ◽  
Changjiang Liao
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Pattern ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Vertical Pipe ◽  
Two Phase Flows ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop

A large amount of air need be transported into the reservoir in the deep stratum to supply oxygen to some microbes in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR). Air-water two-phase flows downward along vertical pipeline during the air transportation. Base on the experiment data described in this paper, the characteristics of air-water two phase flow patterns were investigated. The flow pattern map of air-water two phase flows in the pipe with inner diameter of 65 mm was drawn, criterions of flow pattern transition were discussed, and the dynamic signals of the pressure and the differential pressure of the two phase flow were recorded to characterize the three basic flow regimes indirectly. The frictional pressure drop of downward flow in vertical pipe must not be disregarded contrast with upward two phase flow in the vertical pipe because the buoyancy must be overcame when the gas flows downward along pipe, and there would be a maximum value of frictional when the flow pattern translated from slug flow to churn flow.

Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Surface Tension and the Correlation on Void Fraction and Frictional Pressure Drop of an Air-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in a Horizontal Flat Capillary Rectangular Channel

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Ide ◽  
Tohru Fukano
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Surfactant Solution ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Effect Of Surface

Air-liquid two-phase flow in a horizontal flat capillary rectangular channel has been studied to clarify the effects of concentration of surfactant solution on the flow phenomena, such as flow patterns, pressure drop, void fraction and so on. The concentrations of surfactant solution were 0, 10, 50 and 100 ppm and the surface tension of each solution was reduced to about 34mN/m from that of pure water of about 72mN/m. The dimension of the channel used was 10.0 mm × 1.0 mm. The drag reduction by mixing the surfactant was examined in both the single phase flow and the two-phase flow. The experimental data of two-phase frictional pressure drop and holdup were compared with the respective correlations which were previously proposed by the other researchers and the present authors. Finally, we proposed new correlations of two-phase frictional pressure drop and holdup in which the effect of surface tension and the aspect ratio of cross section of channel were taken into account.

Experimental Study on the Effect of Surface Tension on Void Fraction and Frictional Pressure Drop of an Air-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in a Horizontal Flat Narrow Rectangular Channel

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Ide ◽  
Tohru Fukano
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Effect Of Surface

Air-liquid two-phase flow in a horizontal flat capillary rectangular channel has been studied to clarify the effects of surface tension on the flow phenomena, such as flow patterns, holdup and frictional pressure drop and so on. The concentrations of surfactant solution were 0, 10, 50 and 100 ppm and the surface tension of each solution was reduced to about 34mN/m from that of pure water of about 72mN/m. The dimension of the channel used was 10.0 mm×1.0 mm. The drag reduction by mixing the surfactant was examined in both the single phase flow and the two-phase flow. The experimental data of void fraction and two-phase frictional pressure drop were compared with the respective correlations which were previously proposed by the other researchers. Finally, we proposed new correlations of two-phase frictional pressure drop in which the effect of surface tension and the aspect ratio of cross section of channel were taken into account.

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