Gas-liquid two-phase flow division at a micro-T-junction

A. Azzi; A. Al-Attiyah; Liu Qi; W. Cheema; B. J. Azzopardi; Qi Liu

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.037

Gas-liquid two-phase flow division at a micro-T-junction

A. Azzi, A. Al-Attiyah, Liu Qi, W. Cheema, B. J. Azzopardi^*, Qi Liu

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Abstract

The phase distribution of a gas-liquid flow through a 1 mm T junction has been studied. Gas superficial velocities of 2.5 and 4.9 m/s and liquid superficial velocities 0.09-0.42 m/s were investigated. Increasing the liquid superficial velocity was shown to decrease the liquid taken off at the side arm. Increasing the gas superficial velocity was found to affect the phase split by increasing the fractional liquid taken off. It was noticed that pressure has no influence in the phase split when it was increased from 0.13 to 0.18 MPa. From examination of data from different pipe sizes, it was seen that the 1 mm T-junction shared similar split characteristics as those observed for larger diameter junctions. Finally, the gas-liquid flow pattern through the junction was observed to be slug for a range of gas and liquid superficial velocities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3986-3993
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemical Engineering Science
Volume	65
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.037
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2010

Keywords

Gas-liquid
Horizontal
Micro-T-junction
Phase split

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General Chemical Engineering
General Chemistry
Applied Mathematics
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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