Modeling of nonstationary gas outflow at breaks of subsea gas pipelines

Numerical modeling of the outflow of an air jet into water with a guillotine rupture of a pipeline by the VOF method using k-ε and k-ω SST turbulence models was carried out. The calculations were carried out in the axisymmetric approximation. The following phases of the outflow process were calculated: the formation of a large gas bubble at the place of the rupture, its growth, the separation of the bubble from the place of rupture, and the formation of a gas jet behind the bubble. It is shown that the rate of bubble detachment in the calculations by the k-ω SST model is higher than that in the calculation by the k-ε model.

Research of pressure pulsations during gas outlet to closed pipe area with liquid and installed disc barrier

A numerical simulation of the gas outflow to a closed region filled with liquid with a barrier disk was performed. The calculations were carried out using the VOF method, supplemented by the k-e turbulence model. Calculations were performed for three cases of 100, 200, and 300 mm distances of the disk from the injector with a gas outflow into water and liquid lead. The pulsations of axial pressure on a disk obstacle were investigated. It was found that the maximum pressure during pulsations of the upper gas volume in lead can be greater than the pressure in the gas receiver.

Numerical simulation of the process of gas outflow into an open pipe with an obstacle filled with a liquid (water, lead)

Submerged gas jets find a wide variety of industrial applications, and their behavior is characterized by the ratio of inertia to buoyancy and can vary from the emergence of individual bubbles to stable jets. A numerical study of the high-speed outflow of gas under a pressure of 18 MPa into a cavity with an obstacle filled with a liquid under a pressure of 2 MPa is carried out. The simulation is performed using the VOF method in conjunction with the k-ε turbulence model. The calculations are realized for three distances between the outflow hole and the obstacle: 100, 200, and 300 mm. Principal scenarios of gas jet evolution and characteristic expiration times are obtained.

Simulation of an unstationary process of gas outflow into an open pipe area with a ring assembly filled with a liquid

Gas outflow into a cavity with different annular assembly filled with liquid by the VOF method, supplemented by the k-ε turbulence model, is numerically simulated. Calculations are performed for three types of ring assembly. Principal scenarios of bubble growth outside the assembly and annular jets inside it are obtained. The characteristic expiration times are investigated.