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Experimental study on bubbly flow transition in vertical annular gap bubble column

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posted on 2011-08-15, 14:27 authored by Fahd M. Al-Oufi, Iain W. Cumming, Chris RiellyChris Rielly
Mean and local gas void fractions in vertical upward, two-phase flows contained within the annular gap between two concentric tubes are presented. For a given gas superficial velocity, jg, the mean void fraction, , was found to decrease as the diameter ratio of the two tubes approached unity (i.e. for narrower gaps). Moreover, was significantly lower than that obtained in an open tube at the same jg. Two explanations were proposed: (i) large bubbles, generated in the annular gap, destabilised the flow, and (ii) the driftflux distribution parameter in an open tube was different to that in an annular gap, which results in a different mean . It was shown that injection of large bubbles into a homogeneous flow led to an early transition. Furthermore, the void fraction profiles in the annular gaps depended on both jg and the gap geometry

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Citation

AL-OUFI, F.M., CUMMING, I.W. and RIELLY, C.D., 2009. Experimental study on bubbly flow transition in vertical annular gap bubble column. IN: Aloqbi, A., Alsini, I. and Alzimani, K. (eds.). Conference Proceedings, The Third Saudi International Conference, 5th-6th June 2009.

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University of Surrey

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  • NA (Not Applicable or Unknown)

Publication date

2009

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This conference paper is Closed access.

ISBN

9781844690206

Language

  • en

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