Analysis for the Fluctuation Characteristics of Annular Flow in the Oil-Air Lubrication System

2014 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 408-412
Author(s):  
Qi Guo Sun ◽  
Ali Cai ◽  
Zheng Hui Zhou ◽  
Zhi Hong Li ◽  
Xiong Shi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Lubrication System ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Film Distribution ◽  
Air Lubrication ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Simulation Results

Fluctuation characteristics of the pressure drop distribution and liquid film distribution along a pipe of the oil-air annular flow in oil-air lubrication system are calculated respectively introducing Chisholm constant c base on the Chisholm theory and simulated by Fluent in this paper. The results show that the theoretical calculation results of the pressure drop and liquid film agree qualitatively with the simulation results, and the fluctuation characteristics of the pressure drop and liquid film thickness are augmented respectively when the air velocity increases. These conclusions will do favors for predicting and controlling the lubricant in the oil-air lubrication system.

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FILM DISTRIBUTION IN HORIZONTAL-TUBE FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN-BO CHEN ◽  
QING-GANG QIU
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Flow Density ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Film Distribution ◽  
Simulation Results

The technique of horizontal-tube falling film has been used in the cooling and heating industries such as refrigeration systems, heating systems and ocean thermal energy conversion systems. The comprehensive performance of evaporator is directly affected by the film distribution characteristics outside tubes. In this paper, numerical investigation was performed to predict the film characteristics outside the tubes in horizontal-tube falling film evaporator. The effects of liquid flow rate, tube diameter and the circular degree of tube on the film thickness were presented. The numerical simulation results were compared with that of the empirical equations for calculating the falling film thickness, and agreements between them were reasonable. Numerical simulation results show that, at the fixed fluid flow density, the liquid film is thicker on the upper and lower tube and the thinnest liquid film appears at angle of about 120°. The results also indicate that, when the fluid flow density decreases to a certain value, the local dryout spot on the surface of the tube would occur. In addition, the film thickness decreases with the increases of the tube diameter at the fixed fluid flow density.

Simultaneous Investigation of Entrained Liquid Fraction, Liquid Film Thickness and Pressure Drop in Vertical Annular Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Alamu ◽  
B. J. Azzopardi
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Drop Size ◽  
Liquid Fraction ◽  
Superficial Velocity ◽  
Internal Diameter

The mechanism of atomization of part of the liquid film to form drops in annular two-phase flow is not entirely understood. It has been observed that drop creation only occurs when there are large disturbance waves present on the film interface. (Woodmansee and Harrantty, 1969, “Mechanisms for the Removal of Droplets From a Liquid Surface by a Parallel Air Flow,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 24, pp. 299–307) observed that ripples on these waves were precursors to drops. Though it has been reported that drops occur in bursts by (Azzopardi, Gas-Liquid Flows Begell House Inc., New York, 2006), all previous drop size or concentration measurements have always been time integrated to simplify data analysis. Dynamic time averaged drop size measurements are reported for the first time in annular flow. Experiments were carried out on a 19 mm internal diameter vertical pipe with air and water as fluids. Spraytec, a laser diffraction-based, drop size measurement instrument, was used in the drop related data acquisition. Simultaneous time-resolved measurements were carried out for drop, film thickness, and pressure drop. Film thickness has been measured using the conductance probes employing a pair of flush mounted rings as electrodes. Pressure drop was logged using differential pressure cell connected to two pressure taps located within the test section. The gas superficial velocity was varied systematically from 13 to 43 m/s at fixed liquid superficial velocities of 0.05 and 0.15 m/s, respectively. Additional tests were carried out with the gas velocity fixed at 14 m/s while the liquid superficial velocity was varied from 0.03 to 0.18 m/s. Signal acquired are presented in form of time series to permit data analysis at different levels. Based on signal analysis, interrelationships between liquid film where the drops are sourced and the contribution of the entrained liquid droplets to the overall pressure drop in the system has been elucidated. Though structures are not clearly visible in the signals acquired, the time series have been analyzed in amplitude space to yield probability density function (Pdf). Beyond gas superficial velocity of 30 m/s, Pdf of drop size distribution becomes monomodal or single-peaked marking transition to mist annular flow.

The Characteristics of the Annular Flow through the Sudden-Expansion Pipe of the Oil-Air Lubrication System

2014 ◽  
Vol 889-890 ◽  
pp. 358-362
Author(s):  
Qi Guo Sun ◽  
Xiong Shi Wang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Zhi Hong Li
Keyword(s):  
Annular Flow ◽  
Pipe Diameter ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Lubrication System ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Degree Of Dispersion ◽  
Air Lubrication ◽  
Flow Through

The characteristics of the sudden-expansion pipe in oil-air lubrication system have been analyzed based on Fluent. The results show that the pressure and oil film mutate when the annular flow through the sudden-expansion pipe and the suddenly change of position of pressure and film is not affected by the inlet air velocity, however, the strength of pressure and film is in direct ratio with the inlet air velocity. The film of oil-air annular flow in the pipeline before the suddenly expanding part is well-distributed, but the distribution after that is widely affected by the air velocity and the pipe diameter, and furthermore the larger air velocity and pipe diameter increase the degree of dispersion of the annular flow film.

Measurement of Liquid Film Thickness in Micro Tube Annular Flow

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Kanno ◽  
Youngbae Han ◽  
Yusuke Saito ◽  
Naoki Shikazono
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Film Model ◽  
Annular Film

Heat transfer in micro scale two-phase flow attracts large attention since it can achieve large heat transfer area per density. At high quality, annular flow becomes one of the major flow regimes in micro two-phase flow. Heat is transferred by evaporation or condensation of the liquid film, which are the dominant mechanisms of micro scale heat transfer. Therefore, liquid film thickness is one of the most important parameters in modeling the phenomena. In macro tubes, large numbers of researches have been conducted to investigate the liquid film thickness. However, in micro tubes, quantitative information for the annular liquid film thickness is still limited. In the present study, annular liquid film thickness is measured using a confocal method, which is used in the previous study [1, 2]. Glass tubes with inner diameters of 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 mm are used. Degassed water and FC40 are used as working fluids, and the total mass flux is varied from G = 100 to 500 kg/m2s. Liquid film thickness is measured by laser confocal displacement meter (LCDM), and the liquid-gas interface profile is observed by a high-speed camera. Mean liquid film thickness is then plotted against quality for different flow rates and tube diameters. Mean thickness data is compared with the smooth annular film model of Revellin et al. [3]. Annular film model predictions overestimated the experimental values especially at low quality. It is considered that this overestimation is attributed to the disturbances caused by the interface ripples.

Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Liquid Film in Horizontal Two-Phase Annular Flow

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Rodri´guez ◽  
Timothy A. Shedd
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Excitation Wavelength ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Annular Regime ◽  
The Waves

Planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) was applied to horizontal air/water two-phase annular flow in order to clearly image the liquid film and interfacial wave behavior at the top, side and bottom of the tube. The visualization section was fabricated from FEP, which has nearly the same refractive index as water at room temperature. This index-matched test section was used to allow imaging of the water to within approximately 10 microns of the 15.1 mm I.D. tube wall. A small amount of dye was added to the water with a peak excitation wavelength near that of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser (532 nm). The laser system generated an approximately 5 ns pulsed light sheet at 30 Hz. Images of the liquid film were captured using a digital video camera with a macro lens for a resolution of about 8.2 microns/pixel. Cross-sectional data at 68 annular flow conditions were obtained. The observations of the liquid film between waves indicated that the film thickness was relatively insensitive to both gas and liquid flow in the annular regime, confirming film thickness measurements reported elsewhere. In addition, the structure of waves changes significantly from wavy-annular, where peaked or cresting waves dominate, to fully annular, where the waves are much more turbulent and unstructured. The wave height decreases with increased gas flow and is relatively insensitive to increased liquid flow in the annular regime. The entrainment of gas in the liquid by the waves is very apparent from these images. Although the precise entrainment mechanisms are not entirely clear, a viable folding action mechanism is proposed. The visualization results will be discussed in relation to both conceptual and computational annular flow modeling.

scholarly journals Measurement of liquid film thickness in micro tube annular flow

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 264-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngbae Han ◽  
Hiroshi Kanno ◽  
Young-Ju Ahn ◽  
Naoki Shikazono
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness

Experimental Study on Measurement of Annular Flow Film Thickness in Vertical Narrow Rectangular Channel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antai Liu ◽  
Haifeng Gu ◽  
Fuqiang Zhu ◽  
Changqi Yan
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness ◽  
Film Sensor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Media

Abstract As a key physical parameter in annular flow, liquid film thickness is crucial to study the behavior characteristics about gas-liquid interface under annular flow conditions. In this study, the narrow rectangular channel is taken as the research object, and air-water were used as the media to conduct annular flow experiments under atmospheric pressure. The cross-sectional area of the narrow rectangular channel is 70mm × 2mm. The PCB liquid film sensor can realize multi-point measurement of liquid film thickness. A total of 10 × 16 measuring points are arranged in rows and columns on the surface of the channel, with a spatial resolution of 4.4mm × 4.4mm and a measurement speed of 1000 frames per second. The results show the fluctuation of liquid film is dominated by the ripple wave at low superficial liquid velocity. The frequency distribution of film thickness becomes sharper because of the increase of gas flow, i.e. the interfacial surface becomes smoother. The liquid film will become thinner with the increase of gas flow, but the effect is reduced when the gas flow reaches a certain value. The liquid film will thicken and the number of disturbance waves will increase as the increase of the liquid flow.

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