Abdulkareem, Lokman A. and Musa, Veyan A. and Mahmood, Raid A. and Hasso, Ezideen A. (2021) Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase Flow Patterns in a Vertical to Horizontal Bend Pipe Using Wire-Mesh Sensor. Revista de Chimie, 71 (12). pp. 18-33. ISSN 0034-7752
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Abstract
The air-water two-phase flow plays an important role in many applications of industry fields. Usually, a 90-degree bend is used to connect pipes for changing the direction of flow which influences the two-phase flow pattern. In this paper, the effect of 90-degree bend under different ranges of gas and liquid superficial velocities on the two-phase flow patterns in the horizontal pipe located after the bend was experimentally investigated, and then results were presented and compared in a two-phase flow pattern map. Also, tomographic images and probability density functions were used to capture the cross- section void fraction and its distribution for the two-phase flow patterns. The results revealed that at low liquid and gas flow rates, a stratified-wavy flow pattern was observed as a dominant flow pattern. While the wavy-annular and semiannular flow patterns were observed at a high range of gas flow rates in the horizontal pipe. The results also showed that at the high range of liquid flow rate, bubbly, plug, slug, stratified-wavy, and wavy-annular flow patterns were observed in the horizontal pipe when the gas flow increased. The tomographic images and probability density functions gave good agreement with the experimental observations and results.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2021 23:08 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 03:17 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | air-water flow in pipes, two-phase flow in bends, wire Mesh Sensor (WMS) |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091399 Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4017 Mechanical engineering > 401799 Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified |
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| Identification Number or DOI: | doi:10.37358/Rev.Chim.1949 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/40488 |
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