scholarly journals Effect of Cold End Orifice Diameter Ratio to Solid Particles Extraction in essible Fluid Using Vortex Tube

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Byung-Cheol Cho ◽  
Kim,Byung-Ha
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Tube ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Orifice Diameter

scholarly journals CFD SIMULATION OF EROSION BY PARTICLE COLLISION IN U-BEND AND HELICAL TYPE PIPES

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sheikh Mamoo ◽  
Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi ◽  
Bahador Abolpour
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Particle Density ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Pipe Diameter ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Curvature Radius ◽  
Rate Of Penetration

Erosion caused by solid particles in curve pipes is one of the major concerns in the oil and gas industries. Small solid particles flow with a carrier liquid fluid and impact the inner wall of the piping, valves, and other equipment. These components face a high risk of solid particle erosion due to the constant collision, which may result in equipment malfunctioning and even failure. In this study, the two-way coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian method with the Oka erosion and Grant and Tabakoff particle-wall rebound models approach is employed to simulate the liquid-solid flow in U-bend and helical pipes using computational fluid dynamics. The effects of operating parameters (inlet fluid velocity and temperature, particle density and diameter, and mass flow rate) and design parameters (mean curvature radius/pipe diameter ratio) are investigated on the erosion of these tubes walls. It is obtained that increasing the fluid velocity and temperature, particle mass flow and particle density increase the penetration rate, particle diameter affects the rate of penetration, and increasing mean curvature radius/pipe diameter ratio decreases the rate of penetration.

scholarly journals The second law analysis of natural gas behavior within a vortex tube

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1079-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahyar Kargaran ◽  
A. Arabkoohsar ◽  
S.J. Hagighat-Hosini ◽  
V. Farzaneh-Kord ◽  
Mahmood Farzaneh-Gord
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Vortex Tube ◽  
Tube Length ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Energy Separation ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Gas Streams ◽  
Mass Fractions

Vortex tube is a simple device without a moving part which is capable of separating hot and cold gas streams from a higher pressure inlet gas stream. The mechanism of energy separation has been investigated by several scientists and second law approach has emerged as an important tool for optimizing the vortex tube performance. Here, a thermodynamic model has been used to investigate vortex tube energy separation. Further, a method has been proposed for optimizing the vortex tube based on the rate of entropy generation obtained from experiments. Also, an experimental study has been carried out to investigate the effects of the hot tube length and cold orifice diameter on entropy generation within a vortex tube with natural gas as working fluid. A comparison has been made between air and natural gas as working fluids. The results show that the longest tube generates lowest entropy for NG. For air, it is middle tube which generates lowest entropy. Integration of entropy generation for all available cold mass fractions unveiled that an optimized value for hot tube length and cold orifice diameter is exist.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Effect of Convergent Angle and Cold Orifice Diameter on Thermal Performance of Convergent Vortex Tube

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Ehsan Rafiee ◽  
M. M. Sadeghiazad ◽  
Nasser Mostafavinia
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Vortex Tube ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Energy Separation ◽  
Separation Procedure ◽  
Laboratory Setup ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Invaluable Tool ◽  
Air Separator

The vortex tube (VT) air separator is an invaluable tool which has the ability to separate a high-pressure fluid into the cold and hot fluid streams. The hot tube is a main part of the air separator VT which the energy separation procedure happens along this part. This research has been done to analyze the effect of the convergent angle and cold orifice diameter on the thermal efficiency of a convergent vortex tube (CVT). The CVT is linked to an air pipeline with the fixed pressure of 6.5 bar. The convergent hot tube angle is varied over the range of 1 deg to 9 deg. The consideration of the main angle effect denotes that the highest thermal ability could be achieved at β = 5 deg. The laboratory setup results show this subject that the optimization of the hot tube convergent angle elevates the cooling and heating effectiveness around 32.03% and 26.21%, respectively. Experiments denoted that both cooling capability and heating effectiveness reach the highest magnitudes when the DCold is around 9 mm. After these two stages, the optimized CVT was capable of decreasing and rising air temperatures at the cold and the hot sides up to 9.05 K (42.89%) and 10.48 K (44.74%), respectively. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was employed to predict the performance of the air flow inside the CVT. The numerical investigation was done by full 3D steady-state CFD-simulation using fluent6.3.26. The results show that the agreement between computation predictions and laboratory measurements is fairly good.

Expansion Factor Tests in a 75 mm Diameter Orifice Meter Tube

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Research Facility ◽  
Expansion Factor ◽  
Southwest Research Institute ◽  
Diameter Orifice ◽  
Research Institute

This paper presents new experimental data for orifice meter expansion factor tests flowing natural gas through a 75 mm (3-inch) diameter orifice meter tube for values of the orifice diameter ratio (β) between 0.60 and 0.75. The tests were performed in the Low Pressure Loop (LPL) of the Metering Research Facility (MRF) at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The new data complement previously reported results for 100 mm (4-inch) and 150 mm (6-inch) meter tubes for β values between 0.20 and 0.60.

scholarly journals CFD simulation of length to diameter ratio effects on the energy separation in a vortex tube

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Bramo ◽  
Nader Pourmahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Vortex Tube ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Tube Length ◽  
Energy Separation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis ◽  
Length To Diameter Ratio

The objective of the present computational fluid dynamics analysis is an attempt to investigate the effect of length to diameter ratio on the fluid flow characteristics and energy separation phenomenon inside the Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube. In this numerical study, performance of Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubes (RHVT), with length to diameter ratios (L/D) of 8, 9.3, 10.5, 20.2, 30.7 and 35 with six straight nozzles was investigated. It includes generating better understanding of the effects of the stagnation point location on the performance of RHVT. It was found that the best performance was obtained when the ratio of vortex tube length to the diameter was 9.3 and also fort this case the stagnation point was found to be the farthest from the inlet. The results show that the closer distance to the hot end is produced the larger magnitude of the temperature difference. Computed results show good agreement with published experimental results.

Effect of orifice diameter ratio on the mixing characteristics of unlike impinging injectors

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Ho Cho ◽  
Seong-Woong Lee ◽  
Woong-Sup Yoon ◽  
Young-Soo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Mixing Characteristics

scholarly journals An Investigation of a Micro-Scale Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar F. Hamoudi ◽  
Amir Fartaj ◽  
Gary W. Rankin
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Vortex Tube ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Tube Length ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Dimensionless Temperature ◽  
Separation Performance ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Cold Mass

The results of an experimental investigation of the energy separation performance of a micro-scale Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube are presented in this paper. The micro-scale vortex tube is 2 mm in diameter and constructed using a layered technique from multiple pieces of Plexiglas and aluminum. Four inlet slots, symmetrically located around the tube, form the vortex. The hydraulic diameter of each inlet slot and the orifice diameter for the cold exit are 229 and 800 microns respectively. The working fluid is low pressure, non-dehumidified compressed air at room temperature. The rate of the hot gas flow is varied by means of a control valve to achieve different values of cold mass fraction. The mass flow rates, temperatures and pressures of the supply and outlet flows are measured and the performance of the device presented. The supply channel Reynolds number is varied over a considerable range which extends into the laminar regime in order to determine the operating conditions for cooling. An increase in dimensionless temperature is found in both the cold and hot outlets as supply nozzle Reynolds number increases from zero. Maximum values occur at a Reynolds number of approximately 500 and the cold flow dimensionless temperature becomes negative at about 2500. Although the optimum cold mass ratio is higher than the conventional tubes, the effect on performance of tube length and cold exit diameter is similar to the conventional devices.

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