环形狭缝通道内气液两相环状流流动特性

建立了环形狭缝通道内气液两相环状流的理论模型 ,该模型计及环状流气芯流动的可压缩性、气液两相间的相滑移、气相对液滴的夹带作用等因素 .考察了两相流质量流量和干度对压降、液滴速度相对变化和狭缝喉部气芯通流面积的影响 .用建立的理论模型对空气 -水两相环状流通过环形狭缝的两相压降进行预测 ,预测值和试验值吻合良好     

大流量下倾斜管气液两相流实验研究

在较高的气液范围内,以水和空气为实验介质,在多相流实验平台上进行了倾斜向上的高产量气液两相流模拟实验研究。实验采用内径为40 mm、长8 m的透明有机玻璃管,并利用高速摄像仪记录实验过程中的流型。对实验流型进行分析,发现了倾斜管中低气流速下的一种新的流型-振荡冲击流,并研究了表观气、液流速和倾斜角对气液两相流动中压降的影响,建立气/液膜流动模型来分析表观气、液流速对压降梯度的影响作用,实验研究结果表明:在高气液量范围内,倾斜管中观察到的气液两相流型主要为振荡冲击流、过渡流和环状流,并且倾角对流型转变边界的影响不显著;振荡冲击流压降随气流速的增加而降低,环状流压降随气流速的增加而增加,过渡流压降梯度最小;倾斜管压降梯度随着倾斜角度的增加而增大。     

Predicting pressure gradients in heavy oil—water pipelines

Experimental investigations of the flow of water‐heavy oil mixtures at velocities typical of oil‐field gathering systems show that continuous water assisted flow at very low pressure gradients can be achieved. The principal criterion to be satisfied in establishing this desirable flow regime appears to be use of sufficient water, with the velocity also playing a role. It also appears that oil viscosity and water fraction effects on pressure gradient are small provided the beneficial flow regime is established. The flows resemble core‐annular flow, which has been observed previously in Bitumen froth and water‐heavy oil flows, with an oil layer on the pipe wall. However, the correlation for pressure gradient is somewhat different from that reported previously for Bitumen froth flows.     

大输量多相混输管路气液两相流实验研究

为了研究大输量条件下多相混输管路的流动特性,以水和空气为实验介质,在长江大学多相流实验平台上进行了水平状态的高气液量两相流模拟实验研究。实验采用内径为60 mm、长9.4 m的透明有机玻璃管,并利用高速摄像仪记录实验过程中的流型。通过对实验流型进行整理,将水平管内的气液两相流流型划分为分层流、泡状流、段塞流和环状流,并与典型的Mandhane流型图进行对比分析。另外,对实验范围内的几种典型流型下的压降梯度变化规律进行了研究,泡状流区域压降梯度随气流速的增大而减小,段塞流区域压降梯度随气流速的增大而缓慢增大,环状流区域压降梯度随气流速的增加而继续增大。     

竖直窄矩形通道内环状流的流动传热特性

为了研究竖直窄矩形通道内环状流的流动传热特性,建立了窄矩形通道内环状流的数学物理模型,并进行了实验验证。通过数值求解环状流的数学物理模型得到了环状流区域的压降梯度、沸腾传热系数和液膜内的速度分布。结果表明窄矩形通道内的环状流模型能够很好地预测环状流区域的压降梯度和沸腾传热系数,而且环状流液膜内速度在法向的分布是非线性的,在层流边界层区速度梯度较大。热通量和窄矩形通道的尺寸对液膜的流速有很大影响,随热通量的增加和窄矩形通道尺寸的减小液膜的流速逐渐增加,然而质量流速对液膜流速的影响较小,而且随质量流速的增加液膜的速度逐渐减小。     

Friction Pressure Prediction for Annular Flow of Power Law Fluids

This article examines the concentric and eccentric annular flow of non-Newtonian fluids. A new effective diameter definition that accounts for flow geometry and fluid rheology is presented for pressure loss prediction. Satisfactory agreements were obtained between this new effective diameter definition in combination with laminar Fanning friction factor correlations and extensive flow data in the literature. In addition, an explicit friction factor correlation as a function of the generalized Reynolds number, diameter ratio, and relative roughness is presented for a fully eccentric annular drag-reducing turbulent flow. A good agreement was obtained between this correlation and the gathered flow data. The correlations reported provide an effective means of determining friction pressures of non-Newtonian fluids in eccentric annuli.     

Numerical Simulation of Oil‐Water Core Annular Flow in a U‐Bend Based on the Eulerian Model

The oil‐water core annular flow through a U‐bend is simulated by computational fluid dynamics based on the Eulerian model. More flow parameters and the effect of annulus thickness on core annular flow are discussed. Conformity between the simulated and experimental data is observed. The development of oil‐water core annular flow in the U‐bend is analyzed, and the distributions of pressure and velocity are discussed. Results of the Eulerian model and volume‐of‐fluid (VOF) model are compared and the influence of oil properties on total pressure gradient is investigated. The suitable range of annulus thickness is identified. The results provide suitable operation conditions for designing the U‐bend pipefitting.     

气液螺旋环状流压降特性研究

考虑旋流衰减的影响，对气液螺旋环状流的压降特性进行研究并推导出了螺旋环状流压降预测模型。定义压降旋-直比系数为气液两相螺旋环状流和气液两相直流的压降之比，以此来表征旋流衰减对压降的影响。基于量纲分析的方法对压降旋-直比系数进行分析，推导出其表达式，压降旋-直比系数依赖于Lockhart-Martinelli 参数和气相Froude数变化。最终，得出了气液两相螺旋环状流的压降预测模型。在50 mm内径的水平管内对螺旋环状流的压降特性进行了实验研究，其中气相表观流速变化范围为10~16 m/s，体积含液率（LVF）变化范围为0.6%~4.8%。通过与实验数据进行对比，压降预测模型的相对误差在±15%以内，为工程应用提供了参考。     

Study on pressure drop characteristics of gas-liquid swirl annular flow

Considering the influence of swirl attenuation, the pressure drop characteristics of gas-liquid spiral annular flow are studied, and the pressure drop prediction model of spiral annular flow is deduced. The swirl-straight ratio of pressure drop is defined as the ratio of pressure drop of swirl flow to straight flow, used to characterize the effect of swirl decay on pressure drop. The expression of swirl-straight ratio of pressure drop is derived by the method of dimensional analysis, and it has a strongly dependence on Lockhart-Martinelli coefficient and gas phase Froude number. Finally, the prediction model of pressure drop for gas-liquid swirl annular flow is obtained. The pressure drop characteristics of the swirl annular flow are experimentally studied in a horizontal tube with an inner diameter of 50 mm. The range of the gas superficial velocity is 10—16 m/s and the range of the liquid volume fraction (LVF) is 0.6%—4.8%. Through comparison with experimental data, the relative error of the pressure drop prediction model is within ±15%, which provides a method reference for engineering applications.     

Experimental study on the restart of core-annular flow

We show the results of an experimental campaign to study the pressure drop during the restart of a core-annular flow from a stratified configuration. In normal core annular flow operations, due to fouling or pump failures, a core flow may not be sustained anymore and hence it stratifies. Since the pressure drops connected to the stratified flow regime are much larger than the ones of core annular, the flow suddenly stops. To restart it there are two possibilities: one is to try to provide a higher pressure gradient trying to restore the flow of water and oil, the other is to clean the pipe using water only: in both cases an attachment of a thin layer of oil on the pipe internal wall occurs and the pressure drop for water only or oil–water are higher than the previous ones with clean pipe wall. We focused our attention on the cleaning by water only and we provide experimental data on the evolution of the pressure drop as function of time in order to find when the pipe could be considered as perfectly cleaned or, at least, when the pressure drop are low enough to restart the oil flow. The experimental results are finally compared with a two-fluid model available in literature.     

垂直同心环形管内上升气液两相环状流含气率与压降预测

对垂直同心环形管内上升气液环状流的截面含气率及压降预测进行了研究.根据Kelessidis有关团状流向环状流转换的思路以及Wallis有关圆管内环状流积分分析的方法,考虑环形管的结构特征及环状流的流型特征,通过两相动力学理论建立了新的预测截面含气率及总压降的模型.将新模型及现有模型与实验数据的分析比较表明新模型对于总压降的预测效果较好.     

气液两相流流经环形狭缝通道的流动特性

引言动力、能源、石油化工等领域中广泛应用着各类管壳式换热器,此类换热器的管子与折流板之间、折流板与壳体之间在制造与装配中存在着一定的间隙。这些间隙对壳侧的压降及换热系数有较大影响。对于单相流体,这些间隙产生的泄漏量可占总流量的15％～60％~［1～4]．根据文献报道~［5],大约有50％以上的管壳式换热器涉及气液两相流,迄今为止对气液两相流体流经环形狭缝通道的流动特性研究尚未见有文献报道．本文在水平放置环形狭缝通道中,对空气一水两相混合物流经3种不同间隙环形狭缝通道的流动特性进行了研究,并应用分相模型提出了计…     

Viscoplastic fluid flow in irregular eccentric annuli due to axial motion of the inner pipe

Fully developed axial laminar flow of viscoplastic Herschel-Bulkley fluids in eccentric annuli between two pipes has been investigated numerically. The pipes are closed at one end and flow is due to the axial motion of the inner pipe. The annuli may be filly open or partially blocked. General non-orthogonal, boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinates have been used to accurately model the irregular annular geometry due to the presence of a flow blockage. A computer code has been developed using a second-order finite-difference scheme. An exponential model for the shear stress, valid for both yielded and unyielded regions of the flow, is used in the computation. The effects of generalized Bingham number, flow behavior index, eccentricity, and blockage height on the pressure gradient or the surge pressure have been studied and the results are presented in dimensionless form. The pressure gradient is found to decrease with increasing eccentricity. For a partially blocked eccentric annulus the pressure gradient is found to decrease with an increase in the blockage height.     

上升管内环状流含液体积分数与压降预测模型

对垂直上升管中气液二相环状流的含液体积分数及压降预测进行了研究,在充分考虑了环状流的流型特征以及合理假设的前提下,以二相流动力学理论和Wallis有关经验式为基础,推导出了环状流的数学模型。通过求解力学方程,获得了含液体积分数及压降预测的新模型,将新模型及已有模型与实验数据进行对比,结果表明,新模型不仅与实验结果符合良好,还具有计算速度快的特点,从而为垂直上升管内气液二相环状流含液体积分数与压降的预测提供了一种新的有效方法。     

Investigating the effect of pressure on a vertical two-phase upward flow with a high viscosity liquid

This article presents void fraction and pressure gradient data for sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) with gas densities of 28 and 45 kg/m³ and oil (with viscosity 35 times that for water) in a 127 mm diameter pipe. The superficial velocities of gas ranged from 0.1 to 3 m/s and those for liquid from 0.1 to 1 m/s, respectively. Measurements of void fraction data were recorded using a capacitance wire mesh sensor (WMS) system, which permits the 3D visualization of the flow patterns. All the data were obtained with a data acquisition frequency of 1,000 Hz. A differential pressure transducer was used to measure the pressure drops along the length of the pipe. The WMS provide time and cross-sectionally resolved data on void fraction and from an analysis of its output, flow patterns were identified using the characteristic signatures of probability density function (PDF) plot of time series of void fraction. The PDF plots showed the single peak shapes associated with bubbly and churn flows but not the twin-peaked shape usually seen in slug flows. This confirms previous work in larger diameter pipes but with less viscous liquids. For the bubble and churn flows investigated, the pressure gradient was observed to decrease with an increase in gas superficial velocity. Nevertheless, there was an insignificant observed effect of pressure on void fraction below certain transitional flow rates, the effect however became significant beyond these values. In the present work, wisps appear to be smaller, which might be due to the different fluid properties of the working fluids employed. In addition, wisps are easily revealed as long as there is a transition between churn and annular flows regardless of the pressure. Experimental data on void fraction and pressure gradient are compared against existing data. Reasonably good agreements were observed from the results of the comparison.     

微流量控压钻井水力模型研究

微流量控压钻井是一种以环空流量为监测和控制对象的控压钻井技术,它能够及时发现和控制井下微小的溢流或漏失,减少井下事故的发生。多相流环空压力的计算是微流量控压钻井的关键技术,它关系到整个控压钻井的精确性,文章建立了一种多相流环空压力计算方法和模型,为水力软件的编制和微流量钻井系统的开发设计提供了理论依据。     

环状流起始点初始携带份额的分析计算

目前大多数研究采用液膜干涸模型预测气液两相环状流的临界热通量,其中确定环状流起始点、起始点和平衡状态的携带份额、携带现象的发生条件、液滴沉积率以及携带率对模型的计算精度都起着决定性的作用。通过大量研究目前已经得到了适用于不同条件下的经验关联式来预测此模型中的大多数参数,然而环状流起始点的初始携带份额至今仍需通过假设来确定。本文对蒸气-水为工质,压力为0.18～0.27 MPa条件下得到的实验数据进行了分析,通过计算值与实验值的对比提出了初始携带份额的经验关联式。比较结果表明,计算值与实验值的偏差在20%以内。     

Y形气-液顶吹喷枪流型及两相流混合特性实验

贫化电炉气液顶吹喷枪是一种独特的垂直下降管,其一端Y形通入气液两相,一端直接通入熔池中进行喷吹作业。本文采用多相流水模型模拟仿真的实验手段进行了定量分析,结果表明：不同于传统的垂直下降管,这种顶吹喷枪的管内流型受气液相间压差的影响,产生了一种由环状流过渡为泡状流的流型,不同流型的分布区域与压差的大小有关并且稳定存在;在支管与主管的交叉区域,对于不同的气液比存在3种气液混合相分界面,并各自产生不同的流型;浸没式顶吹气泡群形态在不同的管内流型驱动下有较大差异,表现在深度及宽度两个方面,并证明了气液比为2～5间的生产效果是最佳的。     

Effect of oil viscosity on the flow structure and pressure gradient in horizontal oil–water flow

The flow patterns and pressure gradient of immiscible liquids are still subject of immense research interest. This is partly because fluids with different properties exhibit different flow behaviours in different pipe's configurations under different operating conditions. In this study, a combination of oil–water properties (σ = 20.1 mN/m) not previously reported was used in a 25.4 mm acrylic pipe. Experimental data of flow patterns, pressure gradient and phase inversion in horizontal oil–water flow are presented and analyzed together with comprehensive comments. The effect of oil viscosity on flow structure was assessed by comparing the present work data with those of Angeli and Hewitt (2000) and Raj et al. (2005). The comparison revealed several important findings. For example, the water velocity required to initiate the transition to non-stratified flow at low oil velocities increased as the oil viscosity increased while it decreased at higher oil velocities. The formation of bubbly and annular flows and the extent of dual continuous region were found to increase as the oil–water viscosity ratio increased. Dispersed oil in water appeared earlier when oil viscosity decreased.     

方形微通道内流动凝结时气液相界面演进过程的数值模拟

基于VOF模型,模拟了R32在水力直径为50 μm的方形微通道内流动凝结时的气液两相流型演进过程,模拟涉及的流型包括环状流、喷射流、泡状流和收缩泡状流。模拟结果显示,由于沿通道周向气液界面存在曲率差异,凝结液内部存在表面张力导致的横向压力梯度,驱使凝结液流向通道壁面拐角处,减薄通道壁面中部液膜厚度。基于势能最小原理,解释了表面张力与界面黏性力主导的喷射流形成机理。小质量流率时,喷射流诱发环状流上游气液界面波动,界面波动在界面黏性力的作用下逐渐生长。这与大质量流率时,流向下游并逐渐生长的界面波动导致流型转换的机理不同。