Gas volume fraction and velocity profiles: vertical and inclined bubbly air-water flows

Lucas, Gary (2006) Gas volume fraction and velocity profiles: vertical and inclined bubbly air-water flows. Journal of Visualisation, 9 (4). pp. 419-426. ISSN 1343-8875

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Abstract

Upward inclined gas-liquid flows are frequently encountered in the oil industry and data relating to the local gas volume fraction distribution and the local gas velocity distribution is important, for example, in pressure gradient prediction and in modeling oil well 'blowouts'. In this paper measurements are presented of the local gas volume fraction distribution and the local axial gas velocity distribution which were taken in bubbly air-water flows in an 80 mm diameter pipe which was inclined at angles of 0°, 15° and 30° to the vertical. Qualitative arguments are presented to explain the influence of the liquid superficial velocity on the local gas volume fraction distribution in inclined flow and also to explain the very high axial gas velocities observed towards the upper side of the inclined pipe.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering School of Computing and Engineering > Systems Engineering Research Group School of Computing and Engineering > High-Performance Intelligent Computing > High Performance Computing Research Group
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Depositing User:	Briony Heyhoe
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2008 15:25
Last Modified:	23 Dec 2016 01:23
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/616

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