Bubble-Bubble Interaction in Horizontal Two-Phase Slug Flow



Título del documento: Bubble-Bubble Interaction in Horizontal Two-Phase Slug Flow
Revista: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312086
ISSN: 0100-7386
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Institut de Mecanique des Fluides, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Francia
Año:
Volumen: 23
Número: 4
Paginación: 463-470
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés Modelling of the slug structure requires a new effort on fundamental research. To clarify some aspects of the horizontal slug flow, an experimental study of the behaviour of two isolated bubbles in a single-phase liquid flow was performed. This procedure was adopted to avoid the overlap of different phenomena induced by a train of long bubbles. The experimental facility consists of a 90-m horizontal PVC pipe with internal diameter of 0,053 m. The behaviour of two single air bubbles travelling in a water flow was studied. Focus was given on the influence of the distance between the bubbles on the velocity of the second bubble. This study allows the understanding of the mechanism of overtaking that takes place right after the slug formation and that precedes the coalescence of bubbles in a slug flow. The results show that bubbles placed behind a liquid slug smaller than a critical value move faster than the leading one. Otherwise, they move slower than the leading one
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía,
Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Dinámica de fluidos,
Ingeniería química,
Flujo de dos fases,
Flujo slug,
Burbujas,
Interacción
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Engineering,
Fluid dynamics,
Chemical engineering,
Two phase flow,
Slug flow,
Bubbles,
Interaction
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