Evaluation of hot-film, dual optical and Pitot tube probes for liquid-liquid two-phase flow measurements

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作者
Hamad, F. A. [1 ]
He, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Aberdeen, Sch Engn, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland
关键词
Hot-film probe; Dual optical probe; Pitot tube; Kerosene-water two-phase flow; Mixture velocity; CFD simulation; PHASE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; GAS VELOCITY-MEASUREMENTS; SUBCOOLED BOILING FLOW; WATER BUBBLY FLOW; VERTICAL PIPE; AIR-WATER; VOID FRACTION; SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PREDICTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.03.004
中图分类号
TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号
0802 ;
摘要
An experimental study of kerosene water upward two-phase flow in a vertical pipe was carried out using hot-film, dual optical and Pitot tube probes to measure the water, kerosene drops and mixture velocities. Experiments were conducted in a vertical pipe of 77.8 mm inner diameter at 4.2 m from the inlet (LID = 54). The tests were carried out for constant superficial water velocities of 0.29, 0.59 and 0.77 m/s (flow rates = 83, 167 and 220 l/mm) and volume fractions of 4.2%, 9.2%, 18.6% and 28.2%. The Fluent 6.3.26 was used to model the single and two-phase flow and to reproduce the results for the experimental study. Two methods were used to evaluate the accuracy of the probes for the measurement of the velocities of water, drops and mixture for two-phase flow: (i) comparison of measured local velocities with predictions from the CFD simulation; (ii) comparison between the area-averaged velocities calculated from the integration of the local measurements of water, drops and mixture velocities and velocities calculated from flow meters' measurements. The results for single phase flow measured using Pitot tube and hot-film probe agree well with CFD predictions. In the case of two-phase flow, the water and drops velocities were measured by hot-film and dual optical probes respectively. The latter was also used to measure the volume fraction. These three measured parameters were used to calculate the mixture velocity. The Pitot tube was also used to measure the mixture velocity by applying the same principle used for single phase flow velocity. Overall the mixture local velocity measured by Pitot tube and that calculated from hot-film and dual optical probe measurements agreed well with Fluent predictions. The discrepancy between the mixture area-averaged velocity and velocity calculated from flow meters was less than 10% except for one test case. It is concluded that the combined hot-film and optical approach can be used for water and drop velocity measurements with good accuracy for the flow conditions considered in this study. The Pitot tube can also be used for the measurement of mixture velocities for conditions of mixture velocities greater than 0.4 m/s. The small discrepancy between the predictions and experimental data from the present study and literature demonstrated that both instrumentation and CFD simulations have the potential for two-phase flow investigation and industrial applications. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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