Wall shear stress in an upward slug flow in a vertical tube

This paper deals with wall shear stress in an upward gas-liquid slug flow inside a vertical tube. Local characteristics were measured by the electrodiffusion method. The method of conditional averaging over realization ensemble was used, and this allows distinguishing large-scale structures on the background of turbulent pulsation of liquid. While averaging, each slug velocity measured by a double probe of electric conductivity was taken into account. Averaged distributions of shear stress over the wall under a gas slug were obtained for different mode parameters. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 04-01-00328) and the Russian Science Support Foundation (Grant “The Best Post-Graduate of RAS-2006”).     

Experimental study of the Taylor bubbles shear stress in an upward flow in a vertical tube

The modification of electrodiffusional method of the wall shear stress measurements is applied for registration of the Taylor bubble shear stress in an upward liquid flow. Time realization of shear is considered as a structure frozen into the flow, which moves together with a bubble. Experiments were carried out in laminar and transitional liquid flows. The wall shear stress in the liquid film around bubble averaged over the tube perimeter is presented for different flow Reynolds numbers and different lengths of the bubble.     

Attractor comparison analysis for characterizing vertical upward oil gas water three-phase flow

We investigate the dynamic characteristics of oil-gas-water three-phase flow in terms of chaotic attractor comparison. In particular, we extract a statistic to characterize the dynamical difference in attractor probability distribution. We first take time series from Logistic chaotic system with different parameters as examples to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. Then we use this method to investigate the experimental signals from oil-gas-water three-phase flow. The results indicate that the extracted statistic is very sensitive to the change of flow parameters and can gain a quantitatively insight into the dynamic characteristics of different flow patterns.     

竖直圆管内液氮流动沸腾流动压降的分析

文中对竖直圆管内液氮流动沸腾压降进行实验研究,分析热流密度、质量流量对液氮两相流动摩擦压降的影响以及热流密度对测试段总压降的影响。在本实验工况范围内,两相流摩擦压降随着热流密度和质量流速的增加而变大,且测试段总压降随着热流密度的增加而降低。分别利用均相模型、L-M模型和Chisholm B系数模型对实验结果进行预测,并比较了预测值与实验值,结果表明本实验工况下均相模型预测效果最好。     

Analysis of peristaltic flow of Jeffrey six constant nano fluid in a vertical non-uniform tube

Peristaltic flow of non-Newtonian nano fluid through a non-uniform surface has been investigated in this paper. The fluid motion along the wall of the surface is caused by the sinusoidal wave traveling with constant speed. The governing equations are converted into cylindrical coordinate system and assuming low Reynolds number and long wave length partial differential equations are simplified. Analytically solutions of the problem are obtained by utilizing the homotopy perturbation method (HPM). In order to insight the impact of embedded parameters on temperature, concentration and velocity some graphs are plotted for different peristaltic waves. At the end, some observations were made from the graphical presentation that velocity, pressure rise and nano particle concentration are increasing function of thermophoresis parameter N_t while temperature and frictional forces show opposite trend.     

Electrohydrodynamic gas pump in a vertical tube

The characteristics of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) gas pumps have been experimentally evaluated. Two tubes of different size were used to house the EHD gas pumps. Experiments were conducted using positive direct current with voltage varying from 13 kV to 30 kV. The applied voltage at which flow was induced correlates well with the electrode spacing. Air flows with a uniform velocity profile were induced in the smaller tube and an inverted parabolic profile in the larger tube. The results also show that the ionic wind velocity increases to a maximum value and then decreases to an asymptotic value.     

Wall shear stress from single almost spherical and long Taylor bubbles in laminar upward tube flow

An experimental electrodiffusional technique with eight double probes is used to detect perturbation of the wall shear stress by a single bubble in laminar upward tube flow. Small almost spherical and long Taylor bubbles are tested. The wall shear stress perturbations by bubbles have a complex structure. It is possible to define three components of perturbation caused by a small bubble. The perturbation by Taylor bubble contains only two components due to the main flow symmetry around the bubble. An unexpectedly long shear stress pulsations zone is registered behind the Taylor bubbles.     

环形布膜式垂直管内制冷剂R113降膜流动特性研究

为研发高效余热蒸发制冷装置,采用RNG k-ε模型和VOF模型数值研究环形布膜式垂直管内制冷剂R113流动分布和不同喷淋密度对液膜分布和液膜厚度的影响。研究结果表明:在基本工况下,R113液膜流动沿管长方向呈现从平稳到波动的变化过程,出现平稳段、波动段和震荡段三种不同流动形态;管壁表面的液膜厚度随喷淋密度的减小而减小,在喷淋密度减小到一定值时,圆管壁面出现局部"干斑"现象。     

Miscible displacement of non-Newtonian fluids in a vertical tube

The influence of rheology on the miscible displacement of a viscous fluid by a less viscous, Newtonian one in a vertical tube is studied experimentally as a function of the flow velocity. For Newtonian displaced fluids the transient residual film thickness is nearly of the tube radius at large viscosity ratios between the two fluids in agreement with experimental and numerical results from the literature. For shear-thinning fluids with a zero yield stress (mostly xanthan-water solutions), decreases down to of the radius for the most concentrated solutions. For fluids with a non-zero yield stess, further decreases down to 24-25% of the radius. The orders of magnitude of these values can be obtained through numerical simulations (commercial code) for the various types of fluids. Instabilities of the film at its boundary develop downstream and lead to a reduction of the final thickness of the film at longer times: this reduction is larger for lower viscosity ratios and larger velocities.Received: 15 February 2003, Published online: 8 July 2003PACS: 47.20.Gv Hydrodynamic stability: Viscous instability - 83.60.Wc Rheology: Flow instabilities     

Local characteristics of the upward bubbly flow in an annular channel

Results of experimental investigation of the bubbly gas-liquid flow in a vertical annular channel are presented. The average and pulsation shear stresses and distributions of local void fraction were measured by the electrochemical method on both channel walls. It is shown that with a rise of gas flow rate ratio the value of wall shear stress increases significantly, and this effect becomes higher at a decrease in superficial liquid velocity. A presence of the gas phase effects significantly shear stress on the inner wall. Relative intensity of shear stress pulsations increases similarly on both channel walls.     

Statistic characteristics of the gas-liquid flow in a vertical minichannel

The gas-liquid upward flow was studied in a rectangular minichannel of 1.75×3.8 mm and length of 0.7 m. The experiments were carried out within the range of the gas superficial velocity from 0.1 to 10 m/s and the liquid superficial velocity from 0.07 to 0.7 m/s for the co-current H₂O/CO₂ flow under the conditions of saturation. The method for the two-beam laser scanning of structure and determination of statistic characteristics of the two-phase flow was worked through. The slug-bubble, slug, transitional, churn, and annular flows were distinguished. The statistics characteristics of liquid and gas phases motion in a minichannel were obtained for the first time including the velocities of phase motion.     

竖直细圆管中超临界氮的对流换热研究

在内径为2mm的竖直细圆管内进行了向上流动的超临界对流换热实验。通过实验发现,质量流量、进口温度对壁面温度分布以及压降有很大影响;并讨论了换热发生增强和恶化的原因;用浮升力和热加速准则解释了其中的一些热流体现象。并基于FLUENT软件进行了数值计算,与实验结果进行比较,分析表明,数值计算预测壁面温度分布和压降有一定的适用性。     

Chaotic flow structure in a vertical bubble column

A set of experiments on bubbling in a vertical column have been carried out to study its dynamical behavior. Fluctuations in the volume fraction of the fluid were indirectly measured as a time series. Time-delay coordinates were used to reconstruct the underlying attractor. The characterization of such an attractor was carried out via Lyapunov exponents, a Poincaré map and spectral analysis. The dynamical behavior of gas-liquid bubbling flow was interpreted in terms of the interactions between bubbles.     

Fallopian tube analysis of the peristaltic-ciliary flow of third grade fluid in a finite narrow tube

The present prospective theoretical investigation deals with analysis of the peristaltic-ciliary transport of a developing embryo within the fallopian tubal fluid in the human fallopian tube. A mathematical model of peristalsis-cilia induced flow of viscoelastic fluid characterized by the third grade fluid model within the fallopian tubal fluid in a finite two dimensional narrow tube is developed. Non-linear partial differential equation resulting from the modelling of the proposed model is solved using perturbation method. Flow variables like axial and radial velocities, appropriate residue time over tube length, pressure difference over wavelength and stream function are analyzed for embedded parameters and constants. Salient features of the pumping characteristics and trapping phenomenon are discussed in detail. The analysis showed that embedded parameters and constants have opposite effects on axial velocity and appropriate residue time over tube length. Moreover, a comparison of the peristaltic flow with the peristaltic-ciliary flow and the third grade fluid with the linearly viscous fluid is made as a special case. The relevance of the current results to the transport of a developing embryo within the fallopian tubal fluid is also explored. It reveals that, third grade fluid instead of the linearly viscous fluid and the inclusion of cilia along with peristalsis help to complete the required mitotic divisions while transporting the developing embryo within the fallopian tubal fluid in the human fallopian tube.     

The effect of tube mass on the flow induced response of various tube arrays in water

Experiments were run in a water tunnel to study the effect of mass ratio on the cross-flow induced response of heat exchanger tube arrays with a pitch ratio of 1·5. All four standard tube array geometries were examined and three different tube masses were used for each geometry. Response curves and frequency data are presented including Strouhal numbers, vorticity resonance amplitudes and fluidelastic stability thresholds.     

The influence of a small gas addition to the structure of gas-liquid downward flow in a tube

A study of the local structure of the turbulent gas-liquid bubble flow in a tube with an inner diameter of 20 mm was performed by using the electrodiffusion method. A special feature of this research is the relatively small (up to 5% of the volume) quantities of gas added to the flow. To determine the radial distribution of the liquid velocity, its pulsations, and the local void fraction, we used a sensor of the blunt nose type, which simultaneously functioned as an electrochemical sensor and a conductivity sensor. It was shown that adding even small quantities of gas into the flow leads to a change in the liquid velocity profile in comparison with the single phase flow and rearrangement of the turbulent structure of the flow.