Numerical simulation of churn flow in a vertical pipe

A numerical simulation of the churn flow regime of air-water and R134a vapour-liquid mixtures by means of the volume of fluid (VOF) method is presented. The focus of the paper is on the inlet region of a vertical pipe. An axisymmetrical domain is used, reproducing the region next to the porous wall liquid injector of a typical test section for the investigation of vertical gas-liquid flows.A simplified model of the levitation process of the ring-type waves typical in churn flow is proposed. The influence of the gas Froude number on the waves amplitude is shown by means of the simplified model and used to explain the numerical results.A comparison of the numerical results with experimental wave frequency data and visualizations available in the literature is performed. The velocity field in the forming wave region and the pressure and shear stress variations along the interface are shown.Simulations have been performed at different liquid and gas superficial velocities and pipe diameters and the influence of these parameters on the gas-liquid interface is discussed.     

Detection and analysis of transition from annular to intermittent flow in vertical tubes

In vertical co-current gas-liquid flow, the transition from annular to intermittent flow occurs when gas core becomes interrupted by liquid bridges due to the instability of the interfacial capillary waves. An analytical model is formulated to explain the liquid bridging in terms of the growth of finite amplitude interfacial capillary waves. Experimental results show that the longest wave length, which is associated with the transition, is about eight times the wave length of waves moving with the velocity of the liquid film.     

气液界面摩擦因子对分层流向段塞流过渡的影响

根据气液两相流段塞稳定性理论,结合分层流理想化模型,对直径2.54 cm水平管内空气-水两相流出现段塞流时的各相临界表观速度和临界液层高度进行了理论预测,并且分析了气液两相界面的摩擦因子对于预测流型转变的影响.由于在不同的气相流速范围内,段塞流由不同形式的界面波形成,当气相表观速度小于 4 m(s(1时,由大振幅波形成段塞流,而当气相表观速度大于 4 m(s(1,段塞流由小波长的滚动波合并而成,因而根据实测数据对界面摩擦因子的计算进行了补充修正,并且应用到对应的气相流速范围.基于所给出的计算方法解得发生分层流向段塞流转变的临界表观速度和临界液层高度,并和实验数据进行了比较. 结果表明所做的修正可以避免以往理论预测中出现的低估情况,求得的各临界特征参数值和实验结果吻合得较好.     

一种新型板翅式换热器气液分配器分配特性的敏感性分析

两相流动分配不均是影响板翅式换热器换热效率的主要因素。传统的"先混合,后分配"方法不能解决在导流翅片中流向突变时气液分离引起的气液两相流体分配不均问题,因此采用"先分配,后混合"的理念提出了一种新型的气液分配器,气体和液体分别从各自的通道进入分配器,在分配器内均匀混合后进入换热器的翅片换热通道进行换热。通过对分配器内部流场的数值模拟,发现:分配器的气液分配不均匀度随流量的增加而增加,且不均匀度受液相流量的影响比气相大。该气液分配器的气液分配不均匀度相比传统封头结构降低了一个数量级,能够有效改善板翅式换热器层间通道的气液分配特性,提高板翅式换热器的换热效率。     

水平管环状流液膜厚度与波动参数分布

环状流是常见的一种气液两相流流型,基于双平行电导探针阵列传感器设计了环状流液膜动态测量系统,以水和空气为介质,进行了气相表观流速15~35 m/s、液相表观流速0.1~0.4 m/s范围内的水平管环状流周向液膜测量实验,分析了水平管环状流的液膜厚度、相界面波动参数的空间分布与发展变化规律。结果表明,水平管环状流底部液膜厚度随气相表观流速的增加而减小,随液相表观流速的增加而增大,但在高液相表观流速时有饱和趋势,对应条件下周向其他位置的液膜厚度持续增大,尤其在45°位置显著增大,下半周液膜分布趋于平缓;由底部到顶部,液膜波速和波频在周向上均呈逐渐减小趋势,与液膜厚度的分布规律一致,大幅度的扰动波主要分布在底部;底部液膜波速和波频随气相表观流速增加而增大,液相表观流速增加时,波速随之增大,但波频无明显变化,对应波长增大。     

Spray and mixing characteristics of liquid jet in a tubular gas–liquid atomization mixer

For the design and optimization of a tubular gas–liquid atomization mixer,the atomization and mixing characteristics of liquid jet breakup in the limited tube space is a key problem.In this study,the primary breakup process of liquid jet column was analyzed by high-speed camera,then the droplet size and velocity distribution of atomized droplets were measured by Phase-Doppler anemometry (PDA).The hydrodynamic characteristics of gas flow in tubular gas–liquid atomization mixer were analyzed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation.The results indicate that the liquid flow rate has little effect on the atomization droplet size and atomization pressure drop,and the gas flow rate is the main influence parameter.Under all experimental gas flow conditions,the liquid jet column undergoes a primary breakup process,forming larger liquid blocks and droplets.When the gas flow rate (Q_g) is less than 127 m~3·h~(-1),the secondary breakup of large liquid blocks and droplets does not occur in venturi throat region.The Sauter mean diameter (SMD) of droplets measured at the outlet is more than 140μm,and the distribution is uneven.When Q_g127 m~3·h~(-1),the large liquid blocks and droplets have secondary breakup process at the throat region.The SMD of droplets measured at the outlet is less than 140μm,and the distribution is uniform.When 127Q_g162 m~3·h~(-1),the secondary breakup mode of droplets is bag breakup or pouch breakup.When 181Q_g216 m~3·h~(-1),the secondary breakup mode of droplets is shear breakup or catastrophic breakup.In order to ensure efficient atomization and mixing,the throat gas velocity of the tubular atomization mixer should be designed to be about 51 m·s~(-1)under the lowest operating flow rate.The pressure drop of the tubular atomization mixer increases linearly with the square of gas velocity,and the resistance coefficient is about 2.55 in single-phase flow condition and 2.73 in gas–liquid atomization condition.     

逆向气流对规整填料表面液膜流体动力学特性的影响

为研究气相流量对规整填料内气液两相逆流流动情况下流场结构及界面行为的影响,建立了基于分离涡模拟(DES)方法与VOF模型相结合的CFD分析模型,VOF控制方程离散采用显示差分格式,体积分数离散采用界面重构方法。计算域整体采用结构化曲线网格(贴体网格)划分,并对局部进行了细化。结果表明,气相F因子较小时(F≤1.354 Pa^0.5),液膜自由表面及其纵向速度分量(v_y)均呈周期性规律分布,波动幅度基本一致,而v_y均为负值。F=3.386 Pa^0.5时,液膜自由表面波动出现紊乱,幅值差异明显增大,而界面液膜v_y值仍基本呈周期性规律分布,在液相波峰下沿出现v_y >0的情况。F=5.418 Pa^0.5时,出现液相返混,气相和液相内均出现大小不等的回流区并随液相返混过程发展演化,同时局部液膜出现整体向上流动特征。F≥6.772 Pa^0.5后,填料下部出现干板区,底部出口不再有液相流出。随气相F因子增大,持液量和有效界面传质面积均先增后减。     

预测水平管气-液环状流周向液膜厚度分布的理论模型

针对水平环状流液膜厚度沿周向分布的不对称性 ,用 5组双平行电导探针测量了水平管内气液环状流沿周向的瞬态液膜厚度 ,得到了平均液膜厚度沿周向的分布规律 .分析了液膜向上输送的机理 .为更为准确地预测液膜厚度 ,综合考虑了扰动波抽吸作用机理、气体二次流机理及液滴沉降和携带机理 ;通过量级比较和应力平衡的方法 ,提出了一个预测液膜厚度沿周向分布的理论模型 .数值模拟结果表明预测值与实验测量结果符合较好     

垂直管中零净液流量气液两相流的持液率研究

Zero net-liquid flow (ZNLF) is a special case of upward gas-liquid two-phase flow. It is a phenomenon observed as a gas-liquid mixture flows in a conduit but the net liquid flow rate is zero. Investigation on the liquid holdup of ZNLF is conducted in a vertical ten-meter tube with diameter of 76 mm, both for Newtonian and nonNewtonian fluids. The gas phase is air. The Newtonian fluid is water and the non-Newtonian fluids are water-based guar gel solutions. The correlations developed for predicting liquid holdup on the basis of Lockhart-Martinelli parameter are not suitable to ZNLF. A constitutive correlation for the liquid holdup of vertical ZNLF was put forward by using the mass balance. It is found that the liquid holdup in ZNLF is dependent on both the gas flow rate and the flow distribution coefficient.     

COMPUTATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN GAS AGITATED REACTORS

Equations have been written, and a computational scheme developed, for predicting flow fields and heat transfer phenomena associated with asymmetric gas-driven flows in systems of cylindrical geometry. Cases considered include axisymmetric gas injection wherein the gas-liquid plume is either of constant radius, or expands in a cone-like manner towards the surface. It is, thereby, shown that the model compares reliably with existing axisymmetric computations. Non-central gas flows are then considered and resulting 3-D liquid flow patterns computed. Finally, the temperature fields in an initially stagnant and thermally stratified liquid resulting from the local introduction of gas on the bottom surface is illustrated     

超声微反应器内气液传质过程的介尺度强化机制

采用CFD方法对超声微反应器内的Taylor气液两相流的传质过程进行了模拟。针对传质过程中主要的介尺度结构,包括气泡表面波、空化声流、液相内的局部浓度,分析了其空间分布和时间演化规律。模拟结果有效捕捉了实验难以观测的液膜区域,并将液膜厚度与气泡表面波振动进行了关联,阐释了气液界面附近的空化声流对传质过程的强化作用。根据超声微反应器内Taylor流的传质特点,分别研究了不同流动和超声条件对液弹内和液膜处传质过程的影响,比较了各局部传质对整体传质效率的贡献。通过分析整体/局部Sherwood数与Peclet数间的关系,研究了超声效应对气液传质速率的影响。分析结果从介尺度角度验证了文献关于超声微反应器传质系数的计算,完善了超声微反应器内气液传质过程的强化理论。     

新型洗涤冷却室内气液两相的分布特性

采用双头电导探针法对新型洗涤冷却室环隙鼓泡床内气液两相的局部气含率、气泡直径等分布规律进行了实验研究,并用Fluent商业软件对床层内气含率分布进行了模拟计算,模拟结果与实验结果吻合较好。研究结果表明：新型洗涤冷却室内部构件对环隙鼓泡床内气液两相的分布特性影响显著,气相分布更加均匀,液面波动更趋平稳,有效地减少了气体带水问题,相比国外技术具有更好的操作弹性。     

水平矩形管内气液两相流界面波特性

<正>气液两相流中界面波的存在对传热、传质、阻力特性及稳定性都有很大影响。前人有关界面波的研究大多偏重于两相流中界面波的类型及其转变,而对其特征参数变化规律(如振幅、波长、频率和速度等)的研究则很少。但界面波对气液两相流流动阻力和流动结构影响机理的深入研究必须以了解界面波的各特性参数为前提,同时界面波有关特性参数的深入研究也可为气液两相流的数学理论化提供实验基础。 本文以气、水为工质,系统研究了水平矩形管内气液两相流的界面波特性。根据界面波在时域、幅域内的不同特征区别出了各种类型的波并给出了相应的波形和流型图。着重研究了界面波各特征量随气液两相流量变化的变化规律。     

气液两相逆流-错流撞击洗涤器内两相流动与传质特性

针对一种能实现气液两相逆流-错流撞击的洗涤喷嘴,采用溶氧法、摄像法和电导探针法等考察了操作参数对洗涤器内两相流型、传质性能、局部气含率的影响,并分析了洗涤器内流型、气含率与传质特性的关系. 结果表明,由于气液两相沿洗涤器径向分布不均,文献中通过直观观察描述流型的方法明显欠准确. 在直观观察的基础上,依据局部气含率分布将两相流型分为液柱型、环流型和泡沫型三类,其中泡沫型分为环状泡沫型和碗状泡沫型两种. 为了定量分析不同流型的传质效果,定义了有效传质区(气液接触、传质过程中形成的两相流中气含率75%≤eg≤85%的区域),得出了有效传质体积的计算表达式. 气液逆流撞击的洗涤器内有效传质体积越大,传质效果越好.     

An investigation of liquid maldistribution in trickle beds

The influence of liquid maldistribution at the top of the packing on flow characteristics in packed beds of gas and liquid cocurrent downflow (trickle beds) is experimentally investigated. Particular attention is paid to the effect of gas and liquid flow rates on flow development. Tests are made in the trickling and pulsing flow regimes. A uniform, a half-blocked and a quarter-blocked liquid distributor is tested. Packings of various sizes and shapes are employed. Data are presented on pressure drop and liquid holdup as well as trickling to pulsing flow transition. Diagnosis of radial and axial liquid distribution is made by means of conductance probes. The effects of liquid foaming, bed pre-wetting, top-bed material, and blockage midway the bed on liquid distribution are also examined. Overall, liquid waves in the pulsing flow regime have a beneficial effect, promoting uniform liquid distribution in the bed cross section.     

CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS-LIQUID FLOWS IN RECTANGULAR BUBBLE COLUMNS USING CONDUCTIVITY PROBES

Unsteady gas-liquid flows in bubble columns are comprised of various flow processes occurring with varying length and time scales and govern mixing and transport processes. In the present work, we have characterized dynamic and time-averaged properties of gas-liquid flows in rectangular bubble columns using conductivity probes. The development of a single-tip conductivity probe, data processing methodology, and photographic validation procedure is discussed in detail. The effect of superficial gas velocity and aerated liquid height-to-width (H/W) ratio on voidage fluctuations and time-averaged gas holdup was investigated. The experimental data presented here can help in understanding the dynamics of various flow processes and validating computational fluid dynamics based models.     

垂直管气液两相环状流的界面扰动波速度

在气液两相环状流中,界面波是两相间质量、动量和能量转移的重要载体,对其特性参数（波速、波频和波幅）的研究具有重要意义。首先根据气液两相流界面波分类,对其特征进行了定性描述。针对现有的界面剪切力推导了界面扰动波速度预测模型,考虑了气核中夹带液滴引起的密度增量及气核与液膜表面相对速度的影响,得到了改进的垂直管环状流扰动波速预测模型。针对工业现场工况压力较高现状,设计了基于近红外吸收衰减技术和互相关原理的界面波波速测量传感器,在五种压力（0.2～0.9 MPa） 154个界面波波动速度条件下进行了实验。结果表明,改进后模型预测效果良好,相对误差在±10%左右,在不同系统压力条件下具有一定外推性。     

The Flow of Thin Liquid Films Over Spinning Discs

Continous thin liquid film flows over spinning discs present technological advantages in that the liquid film thickness can be controlled by the rotation speed, and can be made very thin, providing very good heat and mass transfer characteristics. A review of the work which has been carried out on such flows is presented. The major results of the most relevant experimental and modelling studies are highlighted. These have demonstrated that the flow is accompanied by complex dynamics, which features the formation of large‐amplitude waves. These waves have been shown to enhance the rates of mass transfer and mixing leading to process intensification. Important advances in both modelling and experimentation have been made towards achieving fundamental understanding of the wave dynamics and its exploitation for technological applications in industrial settings. This review concludes with a summary of the current state of the art and suggestions for future research directions.     

微通道内气-液弹状流动及传质特性研究进展

气-液弹状流,又称Taylor流,是一种以长气泡和液弹交替形式流动的流动形态。微通道内气-液弹状流因其气泡与液弹尺寸分布均一、停留时间分布窄、径向混合强等优点,是一种适于强化气-液反应的理想流型。本文首先介绍了微通道内气泡的生成机理、气泡和液弹长度,以及气泡生成阶段的传质特征。其次系统综述了主通道中弹状流动及传质过程的研究进展,包括气泡形状与液膜厚度、液弹内循环和泄漏流特征、气-液传质系数的测量与预测,以及物理与化学吸收过程中的传质特性等方面内容。最后阐述了当前研究的不足并展望了气-液弹状流的研究方向。     

制冷剂在微通道扁平T型管内的气液两相流相分配特性研究

气液两相流在常规T型管内的相分配特性已得到充分研究,但少有文献关注微通道扁平T型管内的两相流分配特性。以两相制冷剂R134a为工质,对扁平T型管内的相分配特性进行了实验研究。实验结果表明,气液两相流在扁平T型管内的液相进口流速增加会使液相分离比减小,气相分离比增大;进口干度增加使液相分离比增大,气相分离比减小;气相进口流速对扁平T型管内泡状流的相分配影响较小。由相分配模型预测值与实验值对比可知,现有的相分配模型还无法准确预测扁平T型管内泡状流的气液相分离比。在进口干度为0.45~0.5时扁平T型管内制冷剂R134a气液相分配比较均匀。