Stability of stratified two-phase flows in inclined channels

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作者
Barmak, I. [1 ]
Gelfgat, A. Yu. [1 ]
Ullmann, A. [1 ]
Brauner, N. [1 ]
机构
[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Mech Engn, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
关键词
2 VISCOUS FLUIDS; GAS-LIQUID FLOW; PATTERN TRANSITION; CLOSURE RELATIONS; LINEAR-STABILITY; 2-FLUID MODELS; INSTABILITY; VISCOSITY; INTERFACE; TUBES;
D O I
10.1063/1.4959291
中图分类号
O3 [力学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
Linear stability of the stratified gas-liquid and liquid-liquid plane-parallel flows in the inclined channels is studied with respect to all wavenumber perturbations. The main objective is to predict the parameter regions in which the stable stratified configuration in inclined channels exists. Up to three distinct base states with different holdups exist in the inclined flows, so that the stability analysis has to be carried out for each branch separately. Special attention is paid to the multiple solution regions to reveal the feasibility of the non-unique stable stratified configurations in inclined channels. The stability boundaries of each branch of the steady state solutions are presented on the flow pattern map and are accompanied by the critical wavenumbers and the spatial profiles of the most unstable perturbations. Instabilities of different nature are visualized by the streamlines of the neutrally stable perturbed flows, consisting of the critical perturbation superimposed on the base flow. The present analysis confirms the existence of two stable stratified flow configurations in a region of low flow rates in the countercurrent liquid-liquid flows. These configurations become unstable with respect to the shear mode of instability. It was revealed that in slightly upward inclined flows the lower and middle solutions for the holdup are stable in the part of the triple solution region, while the upper solution is always unstable. In the case of downward flows, in the triple solution region, none of the solutions are stable with respect to the short-wave perturbations. These flows are stable only in the single solution region at low flow rates of the heavy phase, and the long-wave perturbations are the most unstable ones. Published by AIP Publishing.
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