Foam flow of oil-refrigerant R12 mixture in a small diameter tube



Título del documento: Foam flow of oil-refrigerant R12 mixture in a small diameter tube
Revista: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312325
ISSN: 1678-5878
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica, Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Oct-Dic
Volumen: 28
Número: 4
Paginación: 390-398
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés This paper presents an experimental investigation of the mineral oil ISO VG10-refrigerant R12 mixture flow with foam formation in a straight horizontal 3.22 mm ID, 6.0 m long tube. An experimental apparatus was designed to allow the measurement of both pressure and temperature profiles along the tube as well as the visualization of the flow patterns. Tests were performed at different mass flow rates, several refrigerant mass fractions at the inlet of the flow, and inlet mixture temperatures around 29.0 °C. At the inlet of the tube a liquid mixture flow was visualized. In this region, both temperature and pressure gradient were constant. As the flow proceeded towards the exit of the tube the pressure drop produced a reduction of the refrigerant solubility in the oil yielding to the formation of the first bubbles. Initially, small and few bubbles could be noticed and the flow behaved as a bubbly flow. Eventually, the bubble population increased and foam flow pattern was observed at the exit of the tube. Due to the large formation of bubbles, both the temperature and the pressure of the mixture were substantially reduced in this region. Visualization results also showed that both flow regimes (bubbly and foam) were intermittent
Disciplinas: Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Ingeniería de materiales,
Ingeniería mecánica,
Refrigerantes,
Aceite,
Lubricantes,
Espumas,
Flujo,
Fluidos
Keyword: Engineering,
Materials engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Refrigerants,
Oil,
Foams,
Flow,
Fluids,
Lubricants
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