Experimental studies on the separation characteristics of the gas-liquid two-phase flow in narrow channel with T-junction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019.57 (0) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Kenji YOSHIDA ◽  
Koichi KONDO
2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ribatskia ◽  
J. R. Thome

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the hydrodynamic aspects of two-phase flow across horizontal tube bundles. The review covers studies related to the evaluation of void fraction, two-phase flow behaviors and pressure drops on the shell side of staggered and in-line tube bundles for upward, downward and side-to-side flows. This study of the literature critically describes the proposed flow pattern maps and semi-empirical correlations for predicting void fraction and frictional pressure drop. These predicting methods are generally based on experimental results for adiabatic air-water flows. A limited number of experimental studies with R-11 and R-113 were also carried out in the past. The review shows noticeable discrepancies among the available prediction methods. Finally, this study suggests that further research focusing on the development of representative databanks and new prediction methods is still necessary.


Author(s):  
Haruhiko Ohta

Researches concerning micro actuators utilizing vapor-liquid interfacial phenomena are extensively investigated to develop thermal devices applied to micro machines. On the other hand, the application of two-phase flow is useful for the removal of waste heat from the semiconductor chips with highly increased heat generation density to be integrated in notebook PCs. In the present paper, the latest Japanese research on boiling and two-phase flow in mini channels is reviewed covering those for the fundamental phenomena and practical applications. Boiling in a narrow channel between parallel plates is an ideal system for the development of the high-performance heat exchangers with extremely small sizes. The promising approaches to increasing the critical heat flux are introduced those by the present author to compensate the disadvantage inherent in this system.


Author(s):  
Steven P. O’Halloran ◽  
B. Terry Beck ◽  
Mohammad H. Hosni ◽  
Steven J. Eckels

Flow pattern transitions in two-phase flow are important phenomena for many different types of engineering applications, including heat exchangers. While two-phase flow is not understood as well as single-phase flow, advancements in both measurement techniques and numerical simulations are helping to increase the understanding of two-phase flow. In this paper, stratified/wavy flow is investigated, along with the transition from wavy to slug flow. For the experimental setup, a narrow channel with a length of 600 mm, height of 40 mm, and a width of 15 mm was fabricated using clear acrylic plastic, and water and air were the two fluids used for testing. The water in the channel was initially at rest, and the transition in flow patterns was created by increasing the velocity of air flowing over the water surface. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure the velocity of the flow for stratified and wavy flow conditions, and also the velocity at the onset of slug flow. Along with the experimental measurements, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted on a similar geometry using the volume of fluid (VOF) two-phase model. A commercial CFD software package was used for the simulations, and comparisons were made between the experimental measurements and numerical results. Favorable agreement was found between the experimental measurements and the numerical simulations. In particular, the transition from wavy to slug flow compared well to previously developed two-phase flow transition models, including the slug transition developed by Taitel and Dukler.


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longbo Ma ◽  
Hongjian Zhang ◽  
Yuefang Hua ◽  
Hongliang Zhou

2021 ◽  
Vol 895 (1) ◽  
pp. 012002
Author(s):  
V S Alekseev ◽  
R S Seryi

Abstract Currently sluice washing devices are the most common in alluvial gold mining. Their use provides a sufficiently high performance, relatively low power consumption, and acceptable recovery of valuable components. The theoretical provisions of traditional hydraulics make it possible to determine all the main parameters of the movement of particles of rocks and gold in the pulp, however, in real operating conditions of the sluice box, their actual values will differ greatly from the calculated ones, especially if there are solid fractions in the pulp with a particle size of more than 20 mm. This is explained by significant fluctuations in the values of the surface, average and bottom velocities of the two-phase flow, vertical pulsation velocity in conditions of constrained movement of the different fractional composition of rocks. The article presents the results of experimental studies to identify the dependence of the distance traveled by an individual gold particle and host rocks in a two-phase flow through a sluice, the bottom of which is lined with trapping coatings, on the design and technological parameters of the flushing device. The mathematical model for determining this distance formed the basis of the Gold Enriching program. The program allows, in a wide range of initial data, to determine the zones of concentration of gold of a certain size at the sluice boxes.


Author(s):  
Kazuki Takeda ◽  
Shinpei Okamoto ◽  
Kenji Yoshida ◽  
Isao Kataoka

In recent years, we can easily find the gas-liquid two-phase flow in narrow channel which has straight section and curved section in many industrial products. In order to improve the performance of these industrial products, it is important to clarify the effects of curved section on gas-liquid two-phase flow behavior in narrow channel. In this study, we have measured the pressure loss precisely on straight section and curved section in milli-channel respectively. From the measured pressure loss, we evaluated the mean pressure loss and its intensity. Flow visualization by using high-speed video camera was additionally performed to make clear the relation between modification of pressure loss and flow pattern in curved section. As a result, effects of curved section on gas-liquid two-phase flow in narrow channel were evaluated.


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