水平管气液两相段塞流的波动特性

气液两相段塞流是液塞和长气泡在空间和时间上的交替,在流动过程中表现出间歇性和不稳定性。系统地研究了水平管中段塞流持液率、压力和压差的波动特性。结果表明,段塞流持液率的概率密度分布为双峰分布,高持液率峰对应于液塞区,低持液率峰对应于液膜区;在压力的概率密度分布中,当压力测试点到管道出口之间的段塞单元数目少时,压力分布出现双峰分布;当压力测试点到管道出口之间的段塞单元数目多时,压力分布出现单峰分布;压差信号分布呈单峰分布。这些特征为流型识别提供了可靠的段塞流标识。     

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。     

水平管油气两相段塞流及其传热特性

海底油气管道的冷却传热过程是结蜡、水合物等海洋石油工业流动保障问题的关键控制因素。采用电容探针与热电偶、热电阻等流动及温度测量手段对不同冷却条件下空气-油段塞流的流动参数和传热参数进行实验测量,分析了空气-油段塞流流动参数对传热特性的影响,并与空气-水对流换热进行对比。结果表明,空气-油段塞流对流传热系数主要受液相折算速度的影响,且冷却液温度越低,管底热流体黏度越大,导致热边界层越厚,传热系数降低;受黏性力及边界层影响,对流传热系数远小于空气-水;沿管壁周向,从管顶到管底的对流传热系数不断增大。提出了适用于冷却条件下的油气段塞流传热关联式和传热模型。     

水平管道气液两相段塞流参数计算的精确模型

分析了水平管内气液两相段塞流的运动特性和形态特征以及段塞单元内部的速度分布规律,建立了水平管路气液两相段塞单元的物理模型。将一个完整的段塞流单元分为液相段塞区和液层/气泡区,建立了液相段塞区的质量和动量守恒方程,计算了其压降和持液率;对液层区,模型考虑液层厚度分布不均(坡状液层)对参数计算的影响,通过建立局部控制方程,推导了液层高度随流动方向坐标变化的表达式,并将持液率和湿周写成液层高度的函数。通过与实验和其他模型的计算结果对比,本文建立的模型可以对压降和持液率有更准确的预测结果。     

Experimental validation of a simple model for gas-liquid slug flow in horizontal pipes

In this work, the simple submodel of Taitel and Barnea (Chem. Eng. Sci. 45 (1990) 1191) for horizontal gas-liquid slug flow has been reformulated. An additional source of pressure loss suggested by Cook and Behnia (Chem. Eng. Sci. 55 (2000) 4699) was incorporated in the model, thus improving its predictive accuracy. The proposed model was tested extensively against 12 pressure gradient and eight liquid holdup data sources for both air-water and air-oil slug flow in smooth and rough pipes over a wide range of operating conditions. The very good agreement between the predicted and experimental results substantiates the general validity of the model.     

黏性段塞稳定模型预测水平气液两相流流型转变

在内径50.4 mm水平管道上进行气液两相流实验,实验介质是2种不同黏度的油,根据两相表观速度绘制流型图。使用段塞稳定性模型预测段塞流的转变边界。由于黏度增加阻碍大振幅波和滚动波的起波和波增,黏度大的液体出现段塞的临界液层高度高于黏度小的液体。段塞稳定性模型低估了大黏度液体的临界液层高度和临界表观速度。考虑液体黏性对段塞体内部湍流扰动的抑制作用以及气液表面张力的影响,修正了Benjamin泡移动速度关系式。修正后的段塞稳定性模型对中、低黏度液体适应性较好,预测出现段塞流的临界条件和实验数据比较吻合。     

Two-phase slug flow in horizontal and inclined tubes

Slug flow in the air-water system near atmospheric pressure was studied in a one-half inch diameter tube. Measurements of flow characteristics, pressure gradient, pressure fluctuations, slug velocity and frequency were made for horizontal and inclined flow. A semi-empirical theory based on a simple model was developed. Pressure losses calculated from this theory require a priori knowledge of the slugging frequency. A comparison of the prediction of the theory and two published correlations shows that the proposed theory gives better agreement with the data.     

Void fraction in vertical gas-liquid slug flow: Influence of liquid slug content

In this study we develop a model for computing the mean void fraction and the liquid slug void fraction in vertical upward gas-liquid intermittent flow. A new model for the rate of gas entrained from the Taylor bubble to the liquid slug is formulated. It uses the work done by the pressure force at the rear of the Taylor bubble. Then an iterative approach is employed for equating the gas entrainment flux and the gas flux obtained via conservation equations. Model predictions are compared with experimental data. The developed iterative method is found to provide reasonable quantitative predictions of the entrainment flux and of the void fraction at low and moderate liquid slug void fraction conditions. However, with an increased liquid slug void fraction experimental data indicate that the flow in the liquid slug transits to churn-heterogeneous bubbly flow thus gas entrainment flux tends to zero. Considering this effect in the iterative model significantly improved the predictions for large liquid slug void fraction conditions.     

Holdup in two-phase,gas-liquid flow—II: Experimental results

Experimental data are reported for air—water two-phase flow in a conduit inclined at angles from vertically upwards to vertically downwards. The resu     

Holdup in two-phase,gas-liquid flow—I: Theoretical aspects

A theory is developed for the prediction of holdup in two-phase flow based on the application of conservation of mass to a field theory concept of hete     

垂直管内气液两相弹状流压力降

把空隙率和气相密度沿管子高度的变化当作连续过程，并以微分单元压力降出发，然后在全管范围内积分，从而导出了气液两相在弹状流情况下的总压力降计算式：△Ｐ＝　ｌｎ（１＋　）＋Ｚｃ该计算式用于计算弹状流压力降时，简便且准确度高。     

水平和倾斜管内气液分层流界面稳定性

A viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz criterion of the interfacial wave instability is proposed in this paper based on the linear stability analysis of a transient one-dimensional two-fluid model. In thismodel, the pressure is evaluated using the local momentum balance rather than the hydrostatic approximation. The criterion predicts well the stability limit of stratified flow in horizontal and nearly horizontal pipes. The experimental and theoretical investigation on the effect of pipe inclination on the interfacial instability are carded out. It is found that the critical liquid height at the onset of interfacial wave instability is insensitive to the pipe inclination. However, the pipe inclination significantly affects critical superficial liquid velocity and wave velocity especially lor low gas velocities.     

Modelling the transition to slug flow in horizontal conduit

A physical model for the prediction of transition to slug flow is presented. The model assumes that the slug is formed as a result of a hydraulic jump which is sufficient to just touch the top wall of the conduit. This, together with a ‘breaking dam’ assumption at the rear of the slug, gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the formation of a stable slug. The minimum liquid film thickness ahead of the slug, degree of aeration within the slug and slug translational velocity are predicted. The predictions agree very well with those of previous workers and with experimental data.     

Hydrodynamic characteristics of gas-liquid slug flow in a downward inclined pipe

Gas-liquid slug flow in a downward inclined pipe was studied experimentally by employing a wire-mesh sensor that enables quantitative measurements of the cross-sectional void fraction distribution. Processing of the wire-mesh sensor data was applied to carry out a statistical analysis of characteristic parameters of downward slug flow, such as bubble and liquid slug length distributions, as well as to determine the ensemble-averaged shapes of the bubble nose, liquid film and bubble tail. It was found that the pipe inclination affects mainly the bubble length, while variation in the gas flow rate affects both bubble and slug length. The bubble nose shape is more sensitive to the flow conditions than the bubble tail. The 3D structure of an elongated bubble in downward slug flow was reconstructed from the wire-mesh sensor data.     

Simulation of the slug flow of a gas-liquid system in capillaries

A mathematical model for the gas-liquid slug flow in a capillary is developed. The velocity profiles in the bubble, film, and interbubble liquid are calculated. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data of other researchers. The experimentally found bifurcational behavior of the slip velocity of bubbles relative to the two-phase mixture reported in the literature is described and supported by the theory. The reasons for which the bubble can stop in a small-diameter dead-end capillary are discussed.     

Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid slug flow in capillaries: Comparing theory and experiment

The hydrodynamics of slug flow in a horizontal capillary with a diameter of 0.92 mm is experimentally studied using water-air and aqueous glycerol solution-air systems. The experimental data (the velocity of bubbles, the volume fraction of the gas, the relative length of bubbles, and the pressure drop) are compared with the results of calculation by the previously constructed mathematical model of the slug flow of a gas-liquid mixture in capillaries. The developed model is in satisfactory agreement with experimental data in the range of capillary numbers from 0.05 to 0.12.     

Stratified turbulent-turbulent gas-liquid flow in horizontal and inclined pipes

A two-dimensional model for stratified turbulent-turbulent gas-liquid flow in inclined pipes is proposed. The gas phase is treated as bulk flow, but an exact solution is carried out for the liquid phase, applying the eddy viscosity theory to model the turbulent viscosity. The interfacial structure is taken into consideration using appropriate correlations for the interfacial shear stress. The model is capable of predicting the liquid velocity field, holdup and pressure drop given gas and liquid flow rates, physical properties, pipe size, and angle of inclination. The results are substantially better than the prediction of Lockhart and Martinelli (1949) correlation and better than the Taitel and Dukler (1976) model for stratified flow.     

Laminar falling film flow and heat transfer characteristics on horizontal tubes

Knowledge of falling film flow and heat transfer characteristics on horizontal tubes is required in the assessment of certain CANDU reactor accident sequences for those CANDU reactors which use moderator dump as one of the shut-down mechanisms. In these reactors, subsequent cooling of the calandria tubes is provided by falling films produced by sprays. This paper describes an analysis of falling film flow and heat transfer characteristics on horizontal tubes using integral methods. The application of the results to an assessment of the stability of the films on the calandria tubes following a loss-of-coolant accident with impaired emergency coolant injection flow is discussed.