Effect of pipe diameter on the drop size in a horizontal annular gas-liquid flow

A. Al-Sarkhi; T. J. Hanratty

doi:10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4

Effect of pipe diameter on the drop size in a horizontal annular gas-liquid flow

A. Al-Sarkhi, T. J. Hanratty^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

79 Scopus citations

Abstract

Measurements of the drop size distributions were obtained for air and water flowing in an annular pattern in a 2.54 cm horizontal pipe. A laser diffraction technique was used. The data were obtained at the centerline. These are compared with measurements obtained previously for annular flow of air and water in a horizontal 9.53 cm pipe in the same flow loop and with the same instrumentation. The volume median drop diameter for these two flows was found to increase with pipe diameter and to vary with D⁰.⁵ for superficial gas velocities larger than 30 m/s.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1617-1629
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume	28
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4
State	Published - Oct 2002
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Engineering Program of the Division basic energy sciences at the department of energy under grant DOE DEF GO2-86ER-13556. The invaluable advice of engineers at Malvern is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

Annular gas-liquid flow
Drop size distribution
Laser diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Access to Document

10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4

Cite this

@article{7af5f36c2c9f4cc28a43f63bc1ca79e0,

title = "Effect of pipe diameter on the drop size in a horizontal annular gas-liquid flow",

abstract = "Measurements of the drop size distributions were obtained for air and water flowing in an annular pattern in a 2.54 cm horizontal pipe. A laser diffraction technique was used. The data were obtained at the centerline. These are compared with measurements obtained previously for annular flow of air and water in a horizontal 9.53 cm pipe in the same flow loop and with the same instrumentation. The volume median drop diameter for these two flows was found to increase with pipe diameter and to vary with D0.5 for superficial gas velocities larger than 30 m/s.",

keywords = "Annular gas-liquid flow, Drop size distribution, Laser diffraction",

author = "A. Al-Sarkhi and Hanratty, \{T. J.\}",

note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Engineering Program of the Division basic energy sciences at the department of energy under grant DOE DEF GO2-86ER-13556. The invaluable advice of engineers at Malvern is gratefully acknowledged.",

year = "2002",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4",

language = "English",

volume = "28",

pages = "1617--1629",

journal = "International Journal of Multiphase Flow",

issn = "0301-9322",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

number = "10",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effect of pipe diameter on the drop size in a horizontal annular gas-liquid flow

AU - Al-Sarkhi, A.

AU - Hanratty, T. J.

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Engineering Program of the Division basic energy sciences at the department of energy under grant DOE DEF GO2-86ER-13556. The invaluable advice of engineers at Malvern is gratefully acknowledged.

PY - 2002/10

Y1 - 2002/10

N2 - Measurements of the drop size distributions were obtained for air and water flowing in an annular pattern in a 2.54 cm horizontal pipe. A laser diffraction technique was used. The data were obtained at the centerline. These are compared with measurements obtained previously for annular flow of air and water in a horizontal 9.53 cm pipe in the same flow loop and with the same instrumentation. The volume median drop diameter for these two flows was found to increase with pipe diameter and to vary with D0.5 for superficial gas velocities larger than 30 m/s.

AB - Measurements of the drop size distributions were obtained for air and water flowing in an annular pattern in a 2.54 cm horizontal pipe. A laser diffraction technique was used. The data were obtained at the centerline. These are compared with measurements obtained previously for annular flow of air and water in a horizontal 9.53 cm pipe in the same flow loop and with the same instrumentation. The volume median drop diameter for these two flows was found to increase with pipe diameter and to vary with D0.5 for superficial gas velocities larger than 30 m/s.

KW - Annular gas-liquid flow

KW - Drop size distribution

KW - Laser diffraction

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0036801286

U2 - 10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4

DO - 10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00048-4

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0036801286

SN - 0301-9322

VL - 28

SP - 1617

EP - 1629

JO - International Journal of Multiphase Flow

JF - International Journal of Multiphase Flow

IS - 10

ER -

Effect of pipe diameter on the drop size in a horizontal annular gas-liquid flow

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this