Numerical simulations of gas-liquid two-phase flows in a micro porous structure

The lattice Boltzmann method for two-phase fluid flows is applied to the simulations of gas-liquid two-phase flows in a micro porous structure for various capillary numbers at low Reynolds numbers. The behaviors of the gas-liquid interface and the velocities of the two-phase fluid in the structure are simulated, and the permeability of gas and liquid through the structure are estimated from the calculated results. By changing the void fraction, the contact angle of the interface on walls, and the surface tension, the effect of these properties on the behaviors and the permeability of the two-phase flows in the micro porous structure is investigated. It is found that the permeability of liquid flows depends on the contact angle and it increases for hydrophobic walls. It is also seen that liquid flows are choked in pores for large void fractions and low capillary numbers.     

Dual-modality and dual-energy gamma ray densitometry of petroleum products using an artificial neural network

The prediction of volume fractions in order to measure the multiphase flow rate is a very important issue and is the key parameter of multi-phase flow meters (MPFMs). Currently, the gamma ray attenuation technique is known as one of the most precise methods for obtaining volume fractions. The gamma ray attenuation technique is based on the mass attenuation coefficient, which is sensitive to density changes; density is sensitive in turn to temperature and pressure fluctuations. Therefore, MPFM efficiency depends strongly on environmental conditions. The conventional solution to this problem is the periodical recalibration of MPFMs, which is a demanding task. In this study, a method based on dual-modality densitometry and artificial intelligence (AI) is presented, which offers the advantage of the measurement of the oil–gas–water volume fractions independent of density changes. For this purpose, several experiments were carried out and used to validate simulated dual modality densitometry results. The reference density point was established at a temperature of 20 °C and pressure of 1 bar. To cover the full range of likely density fluctuations, four additional density sets were defined (at changes of ±4% and ±8% from the reference point). An annular regime with different percentages of oil, gas and water at different densities was simulated. Four features were extracted from the transmission and scattered detectors and were applied to the artificial neural network (ANN) as inputs. The input parameters included the ²⁴¹Am full energy peak, ¹³⁷Cs Compton edge, ¹³⁷Cs full energy peak and total scattered count, and the outputs were the oil and air percentages. A multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network was used to predict the volume fraction independent of the oil and water density changes. The obtained results show that the proposed ANN model achieved good agreement with the real data, with an estimated root mean square error (RMSE) of less than 3.     

考虑壁面接触效应的微流动数值模拟

使用level set和volume of fluid(VOF)方法对考虑壁面接触效应的不可压缩两相微流动进行数值模拟.对于level set方法,计算基于MAC网格,使用二阶投影算法求解二维Navier-Stokes(N-S)方程和level set函数方程;对于VOF方法,通过引入计算网格内的体积分数,将流场的参数转化为体积平均值,界面的形状由体积分数连续方程的解决定.给出一些计算实例,并和现有的实验结果进行比较.     

电阻层析成像技术在两相流测量中的应用

过程层析成像技术能实时提供封闭管道、容器等过程设备内物场运动状态的二／三维测量信息,它为解决两相流参数的检测问题提供一种新的途径。本文以基于电学敏感原理的电阻层析成像技术为测量手段,实现在多相流实验装置上对气／水、油／水两相流二维／三维时空分布信息的实际测量;介绍了基于测量数据特性分析的在线流型识别技术和相含率的估计方法,应用现代数据处理和模式识别技术进行数据融合与提取,实现两相管流流型识别和分相含率的估计;通过开展相关测量的研究,初步实现两相流中离散相流量的测量。     

子通道内空泡份额的实验研究

本文以低压空气－水为介质，对子通道内的空泡份额分布进行了实验研究，使用电导探针测量系统测定了子通道内的空泡份额分布。通过实验数据的整理，得到了截面平均空泡份额，并将实验结果与已有的计算截面平均空泡份额的方法进行了比较，在此基础上，讨论了子通道内截面平均空泡份额的计算方法。     

Simultaneous measurement of bubble size,velocity and void fraction in two‐phase bubbly flows with time‐resolved X‐ray imaging

Key parameters of two‐phase flows, such as void fraction and microscale bubble size, shape and velocity, were simultaneously measured using time‐resolved X‐ray imaging. X‐ray phase‐contrast imaging was employed to obtain those parameters on microbubbles. The void fraction was estimated from X‐ray absorption. The radii of the measured microbubbles were mostly smaller than 20 µm, and the maximum velocity was 39.442 mm s^?1, much higher than that in previous studies. The spatial variations of the void fraction were consecutively obtained with a small time interval. This technique would be useful in the experimental analysis of bubbly flows in which microbubbles move at high speed.     

基于滑速比的气水两相流气相流量计算方法研究

目前对气水两相流的分相流量的研究中,多是针对两相流总流量和液相分相流量进行,对气相分相流量的研究很少.本文利用文丘里管和含气率传感器对空气水两相流气相流量计算方法进行了研究,在均相流模型基础上考虑了滑速比因素造成的影响,探讨了两相流气相流量计算方法.结果表明,该方法相对于传统的均相流模型在计算精度上得到了显著提高.     

超音速汽液两相流激波的理论研究

建立了超音速汽液两相流激波过程的数学模型,得到了激波前后的流动关系,并对激波后的流动规律进行了初步分析,建立了两相扩压段的优化模型。研究结果表明,在激波后,流体压力上升,速度下降,与单相气体的正激波特性相似;其对应的音速与汽液两相流体的空泡率、压力及液相密度等因素有关。     

小管径气液两相流空隙率波传播的多尺度相关性

空隙率波是气液两相流系统的特殊物理现象,理解空隙率波的传播特性对揭示两相流流型转变与流速测量物理机理具有重要意义.本文首先考察了典型非线性系统的多尺度互相关特性,发现去趋势互相关分析方法可有效揭示系统的多尺度非线性动力学特征;然后,通过采集垂直上升小管径气液两相流电导传感器阵列上下游空隙率波动数据,提出采用多尺度去趋势互相关分析方法探测空隙率波传播的多尺度互相关特性,并提取了低尺度空隙率波互相关水平增长率;另外,通过计算空隙率波空间衰减因子,考察了气液两相流空隙率波传播的结构不稳定行为.结果表明,空隙率波结构的多尺度互相关特性与其空间衰减特性具有较好的物理关联性:对于气液两相流过渡流型,低尺度空隙率波互相关水平增长率较高,且与较为稳定的空隙率波传播特性相对应;而当气液两相流空隙率波明显衰减或放大时,空隙率波互相关水平增长速率一般较低.     

垂直圆管内向上稀疏层流泡状流相分布的实验研究

采用三维照相法对垂直圆管内稀疏层流泡状流充分发展段的相分布进行了实验研究。得到了８个流动工况下均匀尺寸气泡形成的泡状流的空泡率分布以及６个流动工况下非均匀尺寸气泡形成的泡状流的总体和大、小气泡组各自的空泡率分布．实验结果表明当气泡组的平均直径小于约３．５ｍｍ时,其空泡率分布在管壁附近出现尖峰;当气泡组的平均直径大于约 ３．５ ｍｍ时,其空泡率分布的尖峰移向管中心;气泡尺寸对泡状流的相分布有重要影响．     

稠密可压缩气粒两相流动中的等熵声速计算建模及物理规律

气体相与颗粒相混合流场的声速研究, 由于具有重要的基础理论价值与广泛的工程应用背景, 逐渐受到人们重视. 针对稠密可压缩气粒两相流动, 综合考虑颗粒相所占空间体积以及颗粒间相互作用, 推导给出了新的等熵声速计算公式; 新公式包含了已有的纯气体、稀疏气粒两相流情形的计算公式作为其特例, 一方面验证了公式推导的正确性, 另一方面说明新公式更具有通用性; 分析了不同颗粒质量分数条件下的声速变化规律, 相应结果与普朗特的理论分析符合, 特别对于稠密气粒两相流动工况得到了一些新的物理认识; 开展了颗粒间相互作用建模参数的物理分析, 揭示了其对气粒两相流动声速的影响机理. 本文取得的成果为稠密可压缩气粒两相流动研究以及相关工程应用提供理论支撑.     

Numerical Prediction of Two-Phase Flow through a Tube Bundle Based on Reduced-Order Model and a Void Fraction Correlation

Predicting the void fraction of a two-phase flow outside of tubes is essential to evaluate the thermohydraulic behaviour in steam generators. Indeed, it determines two-phase mixture properties and affects two-phase mixture velocity, which enable evaluating the pressure drop of the system. The two-fluid model for the numerical simulation of two-phase flows requires interaction laws between phases which are not known and/or reliable for a flow within a tube bundle. Therefore, the mixture model, for which it is easier to implement suitable correlations for tube bundles, is used. Indeed, by expressing the relative velocity as a function of slip, the void fraction model of Feenstra et al. and Hibiki et al. developed for upward cross-flow through horizontal tube bundles is introduced and compared. With the method suggested in this paper, the physical phenomena that occur in tube bundles are taken into consideration. Moreover, the tube bundle is modelled using a porous media approach where the Darcy–Forchheimer term is usually defined by correlations found in the literature. However, for some tube bundle geometries, these correlations are not available. The second goal of the paper is to quickly compute, in quasi-real-time, this term by a non-intrusive parametric reduced model based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. This method, named Bi-CITSGM (Bi-Calibrated Interpolation on the Tangent Subspace of the Grassmann Manifold), consists in interpolating the spatial and temporal bases by ITSGM (Interpolation on the Tangent Subspace of the Grassmann Manifold) in order to define the solution for a new parameter. The two developed methods are validated based on the experimental results obtained by Dowlati et al. for a two-phase cross-flow through a horizontal tube bundle.     

取样管型流分相式气液两相流体流量计

提出了用取样管来组成一种分流分相式气液两相流体流量计,通过取样管从被测两相流中成比例地分流出一部分气液混合物,然后应用-小型分离器将其分离成单相气体和液体,并用单相流量计分别测量它们的流量,最后根据测量值计算被测两相流体的各相总流量.文中给出了这种两相流体流量计的组成原理,分流系数特性及实验结果.研究结果表明,取样管的端口形状对分流系数的特性影响较大,其中S型端口的效果较理想,能够在较宽的测量范围内保持分流系数的稳定.     

倾斜下降管气液两相分层流截面含气率的计算与液层高度的预测

分层流是气液两相流中常见的流动型式，分层流中液层高度是计算的基本数据，由于界面波的存在，对液层的测量和预测都很困难．Ｖｌａｃｈｏｓ提出了预测气液两相分层流液层厚度的关系式，但这一关系式并不适用于倾斜下降管气液两相流．本文提出了计算倾斜下降管气液两相分层流截面含气率的理论模型，在这种模型下得到的截面含气率和实验结果符合良好．在大量实验的基础上，考虑了倾角、管径、气液各相折算速度的影响，根据实验数据提出了预测液层厚度的关系式。     

Uncovering dynamic behaviors underlying experimental oil–water two-phase flow based on dynamic segmentation algorithm

Characterizing complex dynamic behaviors arising from various inclined oil–water two-phase flow patterns is a challenging problem in the fields of nonlinear dynamics and fluid mechanics. We systematically carried out inclined oil–water two-phase flow experiments for measuring the time series conductance fluctuating signals of different flow patterns. We using the dynamic segmentation algorithm incorporating with phase space reconstruction analyze the measured experimental signals to uncover the dynamic behaviors underlying different flow patterns. Specifically, given a time series from a two-phase flow, we move a sliding pointer over the time series and for each position of the pointer we calculate the dynamic difference measure of the phase space orbits generated from the segment to the left and to the right of the pointer. A number of experimental signals under different flow conditions are investigated in order to reveal the dynamical characteristics of inclined oil–water flows. The results indicate that the heterogeneity of dynamic difference measure series is sensitive to the transition among different flow patterns and the standard deviation of dynamic difference measure series can yield quantitative insights into the nonlinear dynamics of the two-phase flow. These properties render the dynamic segmentation algorithm-based approach particularly useful for uncovering the dynamic behaviors of inclined oil–water two-phase flows.     

Analysis of Two-Phase Cavitating Flow with Two-Fluid Model Using Integrated Boltzmann Equations

In the present work, both computational and experimental methods are employed to study the two-phase flow occurring in a model pump sump. The two-fluid model of the two-phase flow has been applied to the simulation of the three-dimensional cavitating flow. The governing equations of the two-phase cavitating flow are derived from the kinetic theory based on the Boltzmann equation. The isotropic RNG$k-\epsilon-k_{ca}$ turbulence model of two-phase flows in the form of cavity number instead of the form of cavity phase volume fraction is developed. The RNG $k-\epsilon-k_{ca}$ turbulence model, that is the RNG$k-\epsilon$ turbulence model for the liquid phase combined with the $k_{ca}$model for the cavity phase, is employed to close the governing turbulent equations of the two-phase flow. The computation of the cavitating flow through a model pump sump has been carried out with this model in three-dimensional spaces. The calculated results have been compared with the data of the PIV experiment. Good qualitative agreement has been achieved which exhibits the reliability of the numerical simulation model.     

水轮机转轮内部的三维固液两相紊流计算

1引言本文利用两相流动的多流体模型和k－。－A。两相索流模型计算水轮机转轮内部的三维固液两相紊流。在索流两相流动的多流体即多连续介质模型中，离散相看成是Euler坐标中处理的拟流体。与小滑移和无泪移模型不同的是，多流体模型可以分别考虑大滑移和离散颗粒扩散，其间无直接联系，并且能够充分考虑离散相质量、动量及能量的湍流扩散山本文利用速度压力校正法之一：SIMPLEC法进行数值计算。该法最早使用在S．VPatankar和D．B．Snalding在1972年提出的SIMPLE算法中间，本文将其推广到具有交错网格的非正交贴体坐标系中计算三维…     

磁性液体表观密度随磁场变化测量仪的研制

利用自制的磁性液体研制出测量固、液两相胶体溶液磁性液体表现密度的测量装置并给出了测量方法和测量原理．该装置既能测量磁性液体中不同液层的表观密度，也能测量磁性液体中某点的表观密度随磁场变化的规律．     

Simulation of the two-phase flow in a thermosyphon using an inclined transparent tube with the lower-end closed and the upper-end open

The initial liquid charge of a vertically orientated two-phase closed thermosyphon for adequate thermal performance as determined theoretically by assuming that the condensate is in the form of a relatively thin film underestimates the amount determined by using experimental correlations. Knowing the physical details of the two-phase flow within the thermosyphon could explain this discrepancy. Because, however, of the difficulty of directly observing two-phase flow in an actual metal thermosyphon it was decided to investigate the two-phase flow by using air and water in a transparent tube. The tube that was used is closed at the lower end and open at the top end, was partially charged with water, and air was introduced into the closed end at increasing air flow rates until water droplets were just about to be expelled from the open end. The flow patterns occurring as a function of air flow rate were identified. The average liquid fraction in four sections of the tube was determined for different initial charge fractions and inclinations. It was observed that even at low air flow rates significant quantities of liquid were propelled up into the tube and that the flow is oscillatory. It was concluded that care would have to be taken in assuming a relatively thin and uniform liquid film in theoretically modelling a thermosyphon.