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Investigation of two-phase flow regimes in square minichannels with different mixers created using additive technologies. / Ronshin, Fedor; Dementyev, Yuriy; Kochkin, Dmitry et al.
In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 132, 110565, 01.04.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Investigation of two-phase flow regimes in square minichannels with different mixers created using additive technologies
AU - Ronshin, Fedor
AU - Dementyev, Yuriy
AU - Kochkin, Dmitry
AU - Eloyan, Karapet
AU - Vozhakov, Ivan
N1 - Funding Information: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-31-70038. The KRUSS DSA 100 setup for wettability measurement is provided under state contract with IT SB RAS (121031200084-2) Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - In this paper, the effect of the junction angle on the Taylor flow regime characteristics was investigated. Using the Direct Light Processing method, minichannel mixers with different liquid and gas junction angles (from 30° to 150°) relative to the minichannel axis were manufactured. An experimental study of the two-phase flow formation was carried out, where Milli-Q® water was used as a working liquid, and high purity nitrogen was used as a working gas. A method of two-phase flow characteristic analysis using a high-speed shadow technique and automatic postprocessing was developed. Two-phase flow regimes were investigated in a wide range of gas and liquid flow rates. Size distribution of gas bubbles and liquid slugs and the distribution of bubble velocities were analyzed. The mechanisms of Taylor bubble formation and their characteristics, depending on the junction angle, were investigated.
AB - In this paper, the effect of the junction angle on the Taylor flow regime characteristics was investigated. Using the Direct Light Processing method, minichannel mixers with different liquid and gas junction angles (from 30° to 150°) relative to the minichannel axis were manufactured. An experimental study of the two-phase flow formation was carried out, where Milli-Q® water was used as a working liquid, and high purity nitrogen was used as a working gas. A method of two-phase flow characteristic analysis using a high-speed shadow technique and automatic postprocessing was developed. Two-phase flow regimes were investigated in a wide range of gas and liquid flow rates. Size distribution of gas bubbles and liquid slugs and the distribution of bubble velocities were analyzed. The mechanisms of Taylor bubble formation and their characteristics, depending on the junction angle, were investigated.
KW - Additive technologies
KW - Flow characterization
KW - Square minichannel
KW - Taylor bubbles
KW - Transitions between regimes
KW - Two-phase flow
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119914009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2021.110565
DO - 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2021.110565
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119914009
VL - 132
JO - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
JF - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
SN - 0894-1777
M1 - 110565
ER -
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