纵向多极阵列电导式两相流测量系统研究

针对优化后的纵向多极阵列电导式传感器,本文构建了基于DSP技术的两相流测量系统.整个测量系统包括激励信号发生电路、信号调理电路和基于DSP技术的数据采集卡及上位机软件,其中两相流流速测量采用基于DSP技术的频域直接相关方法来实现,数据采集卡由MSP430F149单片机和DSP5402构成,由单片机负责数据采集,DSP负责频域内相关运算,采用双口RAM实现两种处理器间数据通信与共享,单片机通过串口与上位PC机通信以实现数据的传输和采集系统设置.该测量系统在气水两相流流动环中取得了满意的动态试验效果.     

超声多普勒谱修正的油水两相流流速测量

针对水平管道油水两相流流速的无扰动测量问题,提出一种基于超声/电学双模态传感器的流速测量方法。测量系统由连续波超声多普勒传感器和基于电容与电导的电学传感器构成,分别用于获取两相流流速和分相含率。由于连续波多普勒的测量区域集中于管道中心,受流速剖面、含率分布影响,所测得流速并非流体的总表观流速。在假设含率分布满足高斯分布的前提下,建立相含率加权的多普勒能量谱模型,将含率分布的影响因素引入总表观流速的测量,并建立总表管流速和分相表观流速的计算模型。在试验基础上,分别确定水连续和油连续时总表观流速计算模型的参数。试验表明,通过模型计算出的表观流速与实际测量的流速能够较好吻合,总表观流速的相对误差小于6.32%,分相表观流速的方均根误差小于5.64%。     

利用涡街流量计测量油水两相流流量

为了考察涡街流量计在油水两相流中的测量特性,在内径为50 mm的垂直上升管道内,对不同混合流量、含油率下的涡街信号进行了实验测量,并对油水两相仪表系数和斯特劳哈尔数予以分析.结果表明,在含油率5%～40%内,仪表系数相对误差小于4%,斯特劳哈尔数相对误差随含油率增加有变大趋势、随混合流量增加有减小趋势,而且在两相雷诺数2×104～5×104内可视为常数,并随雷诺数降低而升高.实验说明油水两相流中存在稳定的两相涡街,利用涡街流量计测量油水两相混合流量具有可行性.     

差压式湿气两相流量计的校准

伴随着工业技术的不断发展,湿气流量的测量日益增多,湿气流量计的校准工作日益迫切,亟待解决.本文介绍了在湿气流量计量领域中广泛应用的差压式湿气两相流流量计的原理,并在天津大学电气与自动化工程学院的中压闭环湿气标定装置中对其进行了校准,对该流量计的气相和液相的不确定度进行了评定,为今后开展相关流量计的校准工作提供了参考和数...     

水平放置的Coriolis流量计中油水两相流滑脱特性研究

本文通过流型观察与用Coriolis质量流量计测量油水混合物真实密度相结合的的方法对水平放置的Coriolis质量流量计中油水两相流中的持水率及相间的滑脱特性进行了实验研究,结果发现在含水率0.1～0.9、流速1.2～4 2m/s范围内,滑脱特性与管线中油水两相流的流型有很大的关系,油水相间既有正的滑脱,也存在负的滑脱。随着混合流量的增大,Coriolis质量流量计内,油水正负滑脱的转变点向持水率变小的方向移动。     

超声多普勒流量计在固液两相流测量中的应用

通过实测资料,阐述了利用超声我普勒流量计测量各种污水、泥浆、矿浆等固液两相汉流量的实例与成果分析,以及施测中应关注的技术要求。     

垂直管道中气液两相流参数的图像检测方法

介绍了一种利用数字图像处理技术检测垂直管道中泡状流参数的新方法，其中利用差影算法来消除背景噪声，利用迭代法对图像进行最佳阈值分割。实验结果表明，该方法可以在线测量气液两相流中的气泡尺寸及截面含气率。     

Miniature conductivity wire-mesh sensor for gas-liquid two-phase flow measurement

A miniature conductivity wire-mesh sensor for gas-liquid two-phase flow measurement in small channels is presented. The sensor design is similar to the conventional wire-mesh sensor for larger flow cross sections with wire electrodes stretched across the flow channel in two adjacent planes and with perpendicular wire orientation between planes. Conductivity measurement is performed by special electronics which consecutively applies bipolar voltage pulse excitation to the sender wires and measures electrical current flow in the wire crossings at the receiver wires. The new design is based on printed circuit board technology. A prototypical sensor made of 2×16 stainless steel wires each of 50 μm diameter was manufactured and applied to two-phase flow measurement inside the mixing chamber of an effervescent atomizer. Accuracy of the sensor was studied for static liquid distributions using microphotography and for dynamic two-phase flow by comparison of wire-mesh sensor data with radial gas fraction profiles obtained from X-ray microtomography measurements.     

Extracting reference voltages from measurement voltages for oil-water two-phase flow measurement of electrical impedance tomography

To apply electrical impedance tomography (EIT) for heterogeneous two-phase flow measurement, reference voltages have to be measured, which requires the entire pipeline filled with a homogeneous medium. Such process is often time-consuming, costly and infeasible in some cases. Reference voltages acquired initially could not be used later, because of electrical conductivity change of two-phase flow caused by temperature change or chemical reaction. It will be ideal if reference voltages could be extracted from measurement voltages. In this paper, a novel multiple measurements (MMs) method is proposed by data fitting and empirical formula to establish the mapping model from measurement voltages to reference voltages, and the effectiveness of the method is proved by the oil-water two-phase flow experiment. Compared with the measurement-scale feature (MSF) and best homogeneous (BH) methods, the proposed MMs method achieves 6.38% average relative error (RE) and 4.96% average volume fraction relative error (VFRE) in the test set. The work enables the accurate estimation of the reference voltage and thus the accurate measurement of the volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flows, which will broaden the application of EIT in the field of two-phase flow measurement.     

Development of a turbine meter for two-phase flow measurement in vertical pipes

The performance of a turbine meter in two-phase (water/air) flow in a vertical pipe is assessed. If the single phase (water) meter factor is used in two-phase flow, the total (water and air) flowrate is found to be underpredicted. The error can be as much as 12.5% at a void fraction of 25%. A technique for using measurements of the fluctuations in the turbine meter rotor velocity to determine void fraction (= air flowrate/total flowrate) is described. A single meter is then used to measure, using this technique, both the water flowrate to an accuracy of ± 2% and void fraction to an accuracy of ±0.02.     

Effects of flow patterns and salinity on water holdup measurement of oil-water two-phase flow using a conductance method

This research investigates the effects of flow pattern and salinity of oil-water two-phase flow on water holdup measurement using a conductance method. Firstly, vertical upward oil-water two-phase flow experiment is conducted in a 20 mm inner diameter (ID) pipe, in which the salinities of aqueous solutions are set as 151 ppm, 1003 ppm, 2494 ppm and 4991 ppm respectively. Experimental water-cut and mixture velocity are set as 80–100% and 0.0184–0.2576 m/s. In the experiment, three different flow patterns, i.e., dispersed oil-in-water slug flow (D OS/W), dispersed oil-in-water flow (D O/W) and very fine dispersed oil-in-water flow (VFD O/W) are observed and recorded by a high speed camera. Meanwhile, we collect the response of Vertical Multiple Electrode Array (VMEA) conductance sensor excited by a sine voltage signal. The result shows that, for VFD O/W, the water holdup from VMEA sensor shows a satisfied agreement with that of quick closing valve (QCV) method under certain salinities, i.e., 1003 ppm as well as 2494 ppm. For D OS/W flow and D O/W flow characterized by dispersed oil droplets with various sizes, considerable deviations of water holdup between VMEA sensor and QCV method under four kinds of salinity aforementioned are presented. Afterward, according to experimental analysis along with theoretical deviation, it is concluded that the deviation of the measurement system reaches its minimum when reference resistance in the measurement circuit and salinity of the aqueous solution satisfy constraint conditions, and the accuracy of water holdup using the conductance method can be improved through adjusting reference resistance to match the salinity of water phase. Finally, the recurrence plot algorithm is utilized to identify typical flow patterns mentioned above and it shows satisfied results on comprehending the discrepancies among different flow patterns, demonstrating that the recurrence plot algorithm can be effectively applied in flow pattern identification regarding oil-water flows.     

From disturbance to measurement: Application of Coriolis meter for two-phase flow with gas bubbles

Entrained gas has been regarded as disturbance to measurements based on Coriolis meters, since measurement accuracy can be degraded because of this disturbance. Recent research from Endress + Hauser has discovered that different types of gas bubbles, namely free bubbles and suspended bubbles, have various impact on the meter measurement performance. It is important to understand the error mechanism for different effects, namely bubble effect and resonator effect, which are introduced by different bubble types, and to take the corresponding measures to cope with the effects. It is also crucial to identify the bubble pattern in the measuring tube of a Coriolis meter to make a diagnosis and reduce the negative influence of the disturbance accordingly. For free bubbles that typically cause inhomogeneity of a medium, the fluctuation of the resonance frequency of the measuring tube in a Coriolis meter is directly correlated to the existence of this type of bubbles, since this medium under a flowing condition causes density fluctuation to the meter as gas density is typically much lower than that of a liquid. For homogenous suspended bubbles that lead to a significantly increased compressibility of a medium, the innovative Multi-Frequency Technology in Promass Q sensor offers the means to qualitatively detect the existence of this type of bubbles and quantitatively calculate the volume fraction of the gas phase, based on its ability to derive the speed of sound in a medium containing such bubbles. Identification of the type of bubbles helps not only for crediting the measurement reliability, but also for obtaining more detailed medium properties, and in turn a better process insight, with which a process optimization can be enabled to improve the quality of production.     

层析成像在冰水两相流参数测量中的应用

提出将电阻层析成像(ERT)技术应用于冰水两相流相含率、相分布等特征参数的测量,并设计了ERT测量系统,研究了基于图像的相含率计算方法.阐述了ERT系统的工作原理,提出了16电极ERT系统的设计方案.介绍了线性反投影图像重构算法(LBP);并结合数字图像处理技术,提出了截面相含率的计算方法.最后,通过一组实验验证了电阻层析成像技术应用于冰水两相流检测的可行性.实验结果表明:通过ERT系统可以获得管道内冰柱在水中的位置以及实时运动结果,直观反映冰水两相介质的相分布;另外,通过ERT系统可以近似地真实反映冰柱的相对大小,两次截面相含率测量误差分别为6％与2.8％.研究表明,ERT技术可以实现冰水两相流的实时在线监测,而且具有良好的测量准确度.     

油水两相流中2种含水率计算模型比较

油水两相流广泛存在于石油开采、储运、化工、能源等工业领域。含水率是油水两相流系统的重要参数之一,含水率的准确测量不仅与采用的测量方法有关,而且还与计算模型有很大关系。结合电导式测量方法建立了电阻-电容并联网络含水率计算模型,并在3种流型下与Maxwell含水率模型进行了仿真和实验对比。结果表明,建立的并联电阻-电容网络含水率模型,在泡状流下与Maxwell含水率计算模型的误差基本相同,而在环状流、分层流下,测试误差均小于Maxwell含水率计算模型的误差,具有更高的测试精度,可适用于环状流、分层流、泡状流等流型。     

Separated two-phase flow regime parameter measurement by a high speed ultrasonic pulse-echo system

In this work, a high speed ultrasonic multitransducer pulse-echo system using a four transducer method was used for the dynamic characterization of gas-liquid two-phase separated flow regimes. The ultrasonic system consists of an ultrasonic pulse signal generator, multiplexer, 10 MHz (0.64 cm) ultrasonic transducers, and a data acquisition system. Four transducers are mounted on a horizontal 2.1 cm inner diameter circular pipe. The system uses a pulse-echo method sampled every 0.5 ms for a 1 s duration. A peak detection algorithm (the C-scan mode) is developed to extract the location of the gas-liquid interface after signal processing. Using the measured instantaneous location of the gas/liquid interface, two-phase flow interfacial parameters in separated flow regimes are determined such as liquid level and void fraction for stratified wavy and annular flow. The shape of the gas-liquid interface and, hence, the instantaneous and cross-sectional averaged void fraction is also determined. The results show that the high speed ultrasonic pulse-echo system provides accurate results for the determination of the liquid level within +/-1.5%, and the time averaged liquid level measurements performed in the present work agree within +/-10% with the theoretical models. The results also show that the time averaged void fraction measurements for a stratified smooth flow, stratified wavy flow, and annular flow qualitatively agree with the theoretical predictions.     

Doppler spectrum analysis and flow pattern identification of oil-water two-phase flow using dual-modality sensor

Horizontal oil-water two-phase flow widely exists in petroleum and chemical engineering industry, where the oil and water are usually transported together. As one of most importance process parameters to describe the two-phase flow, the flow pattern can reflect the flow characteristics of inner flow structure and phase distribution. The identification of flow pattern will contribute to develop more accurate measurement model for flow rate or phase fraction and ensure the safety and efficiency of operation in industry. A dual-modality sensor combining with continuous wave ultrasonic Doppler sensor (CWUD) and auxiliary conductance sensor, was proposed to identify flow patterns in horizontal oil-water two-phase flow. In particular, the oil-water flow characteristic was analyzed from Doppler spectrum based on the CWUD sensor. Besides, the dimensionless voltage parameter based on conductance sensor was applied to provide the information of continuous phase in the fluid. Several statistical features were directly extracted without any complicated processing algorithm from Doppler and conductance signals. The extracted features are put into a multi-classification Support Vector Machine (SVM) model to classify five oil-water flow patterns. The results show that the overall identification accuraccy of 94.74% is satisfactory for horizontal oil-water two-phase flow. It also demonstrates that the noninvasive ultrasonic Doppler technique not only can be used for flow velocity measurement but also for flow pattern identification.     

A numerical model for simulating separated gas-liquid two-phase flow with low GVF in a V-cone flowmeter

One of the relatively new types of differential pressure flowmeters is the V-Cone (conical or cone) meter. In addition to having many advantages over other types, this flowmeter can also be used in multiphase flows. In the last few decades, many numerical works have been presented for single-phase flows. But in the discussion of two-phase flow, most of the available works are related to experimental research. Therefore, in this paper, the separated two-phase flow with a low gas volume fraction (GVF) has been numerically investigated. For this purpose, an unstructured grid and finite volume numerical method were used. In order to model the two-phase flow and turbulence, the existing approaches were compared. According to the results obtained, the volume of fluid (VOF) method for simulating two-phase flow and the Realizable k-ε model for turbulence modeling lead to better results than other investigated models. Also, by stimulating the flow with the aforementioned methods, it was found that the accuracy of the pressure calculation decreases with the reduction of the superficial velocity and volume fraction of the gas. Furthermore, for a more detailed analysis, the superiority of the Realizable k-ε turbulence model compared to other investigated models was proved quantitatively.