CFD NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TWO-PHASE FLOW DEVELOPMENT AFTER AN EXPANSION DEVICE IN A HORIZONTAL PIPE

被引:4
作者
Mahmood, Raid Ahmed [1 ,2 ]
Buttsworth, David [1 ]
Malpress, Ray [1 ]
Sharifian-Barforoush, Ahmad [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southern Queensland, Sch Mech & Elect Engn, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
[2] Univ Zakho, Dept Mech Engn, Duhok, Kurdistan Regio, Iraq
来源
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ENGINEERING | 2021年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词
Two; Phase Flow; CFD Simulation; Expansion Region; Flow Patterns; Adiabatic Expansion; Two-phase Flow Development; Stratified Two-Phase Flow; PRESSURE-DROP; VOID FRACTION; CONDENSATION; TUBES; MICROCHANNEL;
D O I
10.18186/thermal.850672
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号
摘要
To optimize a vertical flash tank separator, the characteristics of the flow entering the separator are required to be known. A flash tank separator improves the performance of a refrigeration cycle by separating the liquid from liquid-gas flow and providing the evaporator with only liquid refrigerant. This technique improves the effective area and enhances the heat transfer coefficient in the evaporator. This paper investigates the influence of the inlet operating conditions to an expansion device, on the adiabatic two-phase flow development in a horizontal pipe downstream from the expansion device. This work also compares three dimensional numerical simulations and experimental observations for the two-phase flow development after the expansion device in the horizontal pipe. A general trend of the two-phase flow after the expansion device was gradually developed and the expansion length was identified at less than 200 mm from the inlet. The two-phase flow behaviour was recorded using a digital camera recording the flow behaviour at the upstream and downstream of the horizontal tube. The results revealed that an increase of the mass flow rate causes an increase in the void fraction and a reduction in the slip ratio in the developed region. The simulations underestimate the expansion length and the mean difference between the experimental data and the numerical results is 8 %.
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页数:17
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