Investigation of the wall region of gas-liquid flow using an electrodiffusional technique

Measurements of the hydrodynamic characteristics of upward gas-liquid flow in an inclined channel were performed. Experiments were made by an electrodiffusional method using microprobes for wall shear stress and liquid velocity measurements. Special attention was paid to the study of two-phase flow structure in the vicinity of the wall. A strong effect of the channel orientation on the characteristics of the flow was demonstrated. The results show that maximum wall shear stress values correspond to an intermediate channel inclination. High values of near-wall void fraction result in the reduction of liquid velocity fluctuations in horizontal and near-horizontal channel positions. This paper was presented at the International Workshop on Electrodiffusion Diagnostics of Flows held in Dourdan, France, May 1993.     

Characterisation of hydrodynamics induced by air injection related to membrane fouling behaviour

The study focuses on fine bubble and spherical cap bubble injection in case of outside/in fibres immersed in a tank. The objectives are to quantify liquid circulations and shear stresses along the membrane and to understand their effects on the fouling resistance. Thus, both filtration experiments and hydrodynamic characterisation were performed in the same aeration conditions. Only particle cake deposit was studied as fouling mode and the hydrodynamics was characterized experimentally by 2-phase flow particle image velocimetry (PIV) and numerically with the CFD code FLUENT. Results presented in this paper are limited to tight hollow-fibres to well understand hydrodynamics without fibre motion. One important result is that mean values of wall shear stress are very low (maximum 0.25 Pa) eliminating the wall shear stress as a mechanism able to explain filtration performances for a non-confined aeration without fibre displacement. In addition, an analysis has been conducted in terms of horizontal liquid flow toward the membrane. The quantification of this flow allowed to conclude that i) for a given local bubble flow rate, there is no influence of the kind of aeration on this horizontal flow rate; and ii) the filtration performances can be correlated with this horizontal flow. The reason might be an over concentration of particles near the membrane surface induced by this flow.     

水平管气液两相分层流界面剪切预测研究进展

水平管气液两相分层流虽流型简单,但由于界面存在复杂的动量和能量传递,分层流的界面剪切预测至今没有一致的结论。本文从理论模型、实验模型、数值计算3个角度出发,详细阐述水平管气液两相分层流界面剪切预测的研究现状,得出不同研究方法的优势和缺陷。针对3种研究方法,指出理论模型通过模型简化和经验关联式来建立封闭模型,实验模型则在封闭关系上修正经验关联式,但由于简化假设和实验条件的限制,使得这两种研究方法对界面剪切应力的预测具有一定的局限性;数值计算能够弥补机理模型在流场细节等方面的不足,但能够提供界面剪切预测或封闭关系的工作很少。此外,对比了5种不同形式的已有模型对气液两相分层流持液率和压降预测的结果。最后展望了水平管气液两相分层流界面剪切预测的研究趋势,提出理论和实验研究需要提出更详细的局部模型,并考虑工程实际工况进行研究,发展针对气液界面计算的新方法,并为分层流提供封闭关系则是数值计算研究面临的挑战。     

水平管内气液两相泡状流进口段壁面切应力

利用TSI-1268W热膜探头对内径为35 mm的水平管内气液两相泡状流的壁面切应力进行了直接测量,得到了进口段不同截面上沿周向不同位置处的壁面切应力数据,通过分析实验段进口段的壁面切应力沿管长的变化来确定进口段的长度.结果表明,液相中加入气泡后增加了壁面切应力数据的离散程度.在实验参数范围内,测量的壁面切应力进口段的长度在52D～65D之间,并且壁面切应力进口段随着液流Reynolds数和截面含气率的增大而增大.液相中加入气泡后在不同的测量角度壁面切应力的变化呈现不同的特征.     

横掠气流作用下波形板壁降膜破裂分析

以边界层理论为基础,基于独立假设建立了波形板通道内降液膜在横向气流驱动下沿屈折角横向偏移的二维边界层模型。通过量纲分析和理想层流假设进行模型简化及边界层方程求解,建立了横向切应力驱动下波形板壁降膜破裂的力平衡模型并给出破膜速度的临界准则,模型包括波形板通道几何参数、气液两相物性及流动参数等多种因素的影响,与本文实验结果和已有理论模型进行对比,所建模型能够更准确地预测液膜发生破裂的临界条件。进一步的量纲分析表明惯性离心力、气流剪切力、壁面黏性力和表面张力共同决定着液膜的运动、变形直至破裂,由它们之间的平衡关系可以确定液膜的稳定与否。     

An analytical method for selecting the optimal nozzle external geometry for fluid dynamic gauging

Fluid dynamic gauging (FDG) was developed to measure, in situ and in real time, the thickness of a soft deposit layer immersed in a liquid without contacting the surface of the layer. An analysis based on the lubrication assumption for the flow patterns in the space between the nozzle and the surface being gauged yielded analytical expressions for the relationships between the main flow variables and system parameters. Nozzle shapes for particular pressure, pressure gradient and shear stress profiles could then be identified. The effect of flow rate, nozzle geometry and nozzle position on the pressure beneath the nozzle and shear stress on the gauged surface showed very good agreement with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Case studies presented include nozzle shapes for uniform pressure and shear stress profiles, which are useful for measuring the strength of soft deposit layers.     

Hydrodynamics of an external-loop gas-lift system with restrictions located in the downcomer

Experiments were conducted to study the fluid dynamics in the case that slug flow occurs in the riser of an external-loop gas-lift system with a restriction section located in the downcomer. Complex fluctuation behaviors of the liquid circulation velocity and the wall shear stress in the riser were observed and discussed. Based on the slug flow hydrodynamic behaviors and the balance of momentum and pressure drop over the circulating loop, a model was developed to predict the main parameters of the system: the liquid circulation velocity, the void fraction, the length and velocities of Taylor bubbles and liquid slugs. The predicted results of these parameters were compared with the experimental data and a good agreement was obtained.     

迷宫螺旋泵水煤浆输送的CFD模拟及其内部磨损的初步探讨

迷宫螺旋泵是管道水力输送的关键设备,为了揭示其内部高浓度固液两相流动的规律,文章以固液两相流体力学理论为基础,在一定的简化与假设条件下,利用FLUENT中的前处理软件Gambit前处理器建立迷宫螺旋泵的几何模型,应用FLUENT计算流体力学分析软件及Realizable-k-ε模型,对水煤浆高速迷宫螺旋泵内部流场进行数值模拟和仿真,由模拟结果得知压力、速度、浓度、剪应力的分布情况,同时也对其内部的颗粒磨损机理进行了初步探讨。     

Interfacial Shear Stress of Stratified Flow in a Horizontal Pipe

Experimented data are presented for the void fraction aud the shear stresses of stratified gas-liquid flow in a pipe, A new technique was used to measure the interface shear strew. The interfacial shear stress was determined by using two methods: a momentum balance of gas and an extrapolation of the Reynolds shear stress prone at the gas-liquld interface. A new formula ,relatiog to the interfacial friction factor with the void fraction and superficiol gas Rcynold number, was dewloped to predict the interface shear stress. The predicted values are in good agreement with experimental data.     

Layered Three-Dimensional Nonuniform Viscous Incompressible Flows

An exact solution of Navier–Stokes equations for laminar flows of a viscous incompressible liquid under constant pressure is presented. The solution describes the balance of nonlinear viscous forces and inert effects in a liquid. It shows that the exact solution is a linear superposition of the shear flow and vertical rotation of the liquid caused by the nonuniform boundary conditions on a free boundary. Accounting for the inertia forces allows studying the delamination of the velocity field (counterflows) by the vertical coordinate depending on the horizontal velocities and spatial acceleration. The corresponding sets of algebraic inequalities are presented.     

Interfacial stress in non-Newtonian flow through packed bed

This study investigates the pressure drop characteristics, shear stress in packed bed with shear thinning power law type non-Newtonian liquid. A mechanistic model has also been developed to analyze the pressure drop and interfacial stress in packed bed with non-Newtonian liquid by considering the loss of energy due to wettability. The Ergun's and Foscolo's equations were used for comparison with the experimental data. The Ergun equation was modified to account for the effect of flow behavior index of non-Newtonian fluid in the column. The intensity factor of shear stress and the friction factor were analyzed based on energy loss due to wettability effect of liquid on the solid surface.     

水平管道气液两相流中空隙率对动态压降信号的影响

引　言在化工、石油及动力等工程中 ,气液两相流动现象极为普遍 ,其研究得到了人们的广泛重视 .气液两相流动中的管道平均压降与其他流动条件及参数之间的关系已有较多的研究 ,得到了大量数学模型和经验公式可资工程设计应用[1,2 ],但对管道压降动态特性的研究还不多见 .而对于两相流系统安全性能的设计和运行状态监控等方面 ,管道压降的动态特性无疑是极为重要的参数 .另一方面 ,气液两相流动体系中的空隙率是表示气相浓度 (含气率 )的常用指标之一 ,它对确定气液两相流系统的流型、气液分相流量以及管道中的摩擦压降、重力压降和惯性压降…     

Flow characteristics of surfactant stabilized water-in-oil emulsions

In this paper, an investigation was carried out to study the effect of water fraction and flow conditions on the flow characteristics of surfactant stabilized water-in-oil emulsion. Pressure drop measurements were conducted in 2.54-cm and 1.27-cm horizontal pipes. The influence of water fraction and the flow conditions on emulsion stability, type, conductivity, droplet size distribution, viscosity and pressure drop were reported. The results showed a significant increase in the emulsion stability, viscosity and pressure drop with increasing water fraction up to 70%. In addition, shear thinning behavior was observed for the emulsions especially at high water fractions. Furthermore, pressure drop measurements of high concentrated emulsions showed pipe diameter dependency especially at high Reynolds (Re) numbers. Moreover, drag reduction was observed with decreasing water fraction. The viscosity of surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions was modeled with a modified fluidity-additivity model.     

Analytical and numerical studies of separated laminar two-phase flow in elliptical ducts of arbitrary axis ratio: Analytische und numerische Studien separierter laminarer Zweiphasenströmungen in Kanälen elliptischen Querschnitts mit beliebigem Achsenverh/:altnis

A solution to the momentum and continuity equations in stratified and annular two-phase laminar flow is presented for the cases of parallel plates, round and elliptical tubes. The velocity distribution, mean velocity, void fraction and pressure drop are evaluated in each geometry. It is shown that the pressure drop in elliptical tubes with the main axis of the ellipse in a vertical position is smaller than in a horizontal position. In general, the pressure drop is lower when the channel geometry is such that the contact area between the phases is smaller. The effect of liquid viscosity upon the pressure drop is stronger for low flow quality and decreases rapidly with an increase of the gas flow rate.     

水平管稠油掺气减阻模拟实验

依托流体可视化环道装置,设计并加工稠油掺气减阻模拟装置,实验研究水平管内两种稠油模拟油掺气流动阻力特性,拍摄不同气液流量比下的管流流型,分析不同实验条件下气相对稠油的减阻效果并建立相应的压降预测模型。结果表明：在气液比0~15范围内,共观察到六种流型,分别是泡状流、弹状流、分层流、段塞流、环状流、雾状流。220^#与440^#模拟油所对应的管路减阻率分别在气液比1.17和0.96时达到最大值48.19%和33.76%,当掺气比为0.9~1.2时,减阻率均可维持在20%以上。其机理可归结为空气使油-油接触转变为油-气-油接触,降低了混合相的层间剪切应力。Dukler法不适用于高黏气液两相流,所建立的稠油-气两相压降模型预测值与实测值吻合良好,平均相对误差在20%以内。     

CFD modeling and validation for two-phase medium viscosity oil-air flow in horizontal pipes

This study presents the results of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of two-phase medium viscosity oil-air flow in a 50.8?mm internal diameter horizontal pipe. Void fraction and pressure gradient predictions were validated using experimental data for four different oil viscosities (0.039, 0.06, 0.108 and 0.166?Pa s) and different flow rates varying from 0.1 to 2.9?m/s for the gas phase and from 0.01 to 2.95?m/s for the liquid phase, where four flow patterns were predicted (stratified, dispersed bubble, bubble elongated and slug flow). The obtained results of void fraction and pressure gradient presented a mean relative error of 30.04 and 21.38%, respectively. Furthermore, the CFD results were compared against 66 empirical correlations and predictions from OLGA. It was found that between the three studied methods (CFD, OLGA and empirical correlations) the CFD model outperformed the other two methods regarding the predicted flow patterns, pressure gradients and void fractions on most cases.     

水平管内油气水三相流动摩擦阻力压降特性研究

对水平管内油气水三相流动的摩擦压降特性进行系统的理论和实验研究 ,建立了泡状流和环状流摩擦压力降的理论模型 ,揭示了摩擦压力降随折算气速、折算液速、油水混合物含水率及管径的变化规律。实验结果与理论计算结果相吻合。     

水平管泡状流相分布特性

<正>气液两相泡状流的主要特征是连续液相中携带散布其中的细小气泡,气泡的存在不仅对气液两相流的传热、传质及阻力特性有很大的影响,而且对两相流动的稳定性也有很大的影响.前人有关泡状流的研究大多偏重于两相流的平均参数,对于两相流局部统计参数如局部空隙率等参数的变化规律是近年来两相流研究的新趋势.对于垂直管内的流动已经积累了相当数量的数据,而同样有广泛应用的水平管内相分布规律还知之甚少.气泡对气液两相流的传热、传质及流动结构影响机理的研究必须以了解相分布及气泡的局部统计参数为前提,同时对相分布特性的深人研究也为气液两相流的数学模型化提供实验依据.本文以空气、水为工质,研究水平管内气液两相流的相分布特性,给出了典型泡状流的时域信号图,研究了相分布随气液两相流量的规律变化,并与前人的有关结果进行了比较.     

Experimental study and CFD modelling of a two-phase slug flow for an airlift tubular membrane

The aim of the present study was to develop a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to study the effect of slug flow on the surface shear stress in a vertical tubular membrane. The model was validated using: (1) surface shear stresses, measured using an electrochemical shear probe and (2) gas slug (Taylor bubble) rising velocities, measured using a high speed camera. The length of the gas slugs and, therefore, the duration of a shear event, was observed to vary substantially due to the coalescing of gas slugs as they travelled up the tube. However, the magnitude of the peak surface shear stress during a shear event was not observed to vary significantly. The experimental conditions significantly affected the extent to which the gas slugs coalesced. More coalescing between gas slugs was typically observed for the experiments performed with higher gas flow rates and lower liquid flow rates. Therefore, the results imply that the frequency of shear events decreases at higher gas flow rates and lower liquid flow rates.Shear stress histograms (SSH) were used as a simple approach to compare the different experimental conditions investigated. All conditions resulted in bi-modal distributions: a positive surface shear peak, caused by the liquid slug, and a negative shear peak caused by the gas slugs. At high gas flow rates and at low liquid flow rates, the frequency of the shear stresses in both the negative and positive peaks were more evenly distributed. For all cases, increasing the liquid flow rate and decreasing the gas flow rate tends to result in a predominant positive peak. These results are of importance since conditions that promote evenly distributed positive and negative peaks, are likely to promote better fouling control in membrane system. At high liquid and low gas flow rates, the frequencies obtained numerically and experimentally were found to be similar, deviating by less than approximately 10%. However, at high gas and low liquid flow rates, the differences were slightly higher, exceeding 20%. Under these conditions, the CFD model simulations over predicted the shear stresses induced by gas slugs. Nonetheless, the results indicate that the CFD model was able to accurately simulate shear stresses induced by gas slugs for conditions of high liquid and low gas flow rates.     

气升式环流反应器液相流场的研究

运用粒子图像测速仪(PIV)技术测量了一拟二维气升式环流反应器内液相流动状态。避开了气液两相成像带来的图像处理困难。成功测取了时均液相速度、瞬时雷诺应力、剪切应力等在反应器下降段内的分布;考察了反应器上升段进气量和反应器液位高度对液相循环速度的影响;同时,对反应器三个具有代表性的流动部分进行了观测,获得了该反应器内液相流场具有代表性意义的速度分布图。研究结果为认识该类反应器的性能及进行反应器设计、优化提供了有价值的参考信息。