Effect of a swirl on void fraction profiles in multiphase flows

Albarzenji, Dlir; Pradhan, S. R.; Mishra, R.; Zala, Karina

Effect of a swirl on void fraction profiles in multiphase flows

Albarzenji, Dlir, Pradhan, S. R., Mishra, R. and Zala, Karina (2014) Effect of a swirl on void fraction profiles in multiphase flows. In: Proceedings of 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. Springer.

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Abstract

In this paper, experimental and numerical analyses of bubbly air-water flow in a vertical pipe at low volumetric flow rates has been carried out to quantify the effect of swirl on void fraction profiles.
These investigations have been carried out at a dispersed phase volume fraction of 0.051% and at superficial flow velocities of 0.041 m/s for air and 0.76 m/s for water. The investigations revealed that the presence of swirl alters the volume fraction profiles considerably.

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URI:

https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23222

Title:

Effect of a swirl on void fraction profiles in multiphase flows

Creators:

Albarzenji, Dlir, Pradhan, S. R., Mishra, R. and Zala, Karina

Date:

December 2014

Subjects:

T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology > TP Chemical technology

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