TY - JOUR

T1 - Effect of liquid viscosity and flow orientation on initialwaves in annular gas-liquid flow

AU - Isaenkov, Sergey V.

AU - Vozhakov, Ivan S.

AU - Cherdantsev, Mikhail V.

AU - Arkhipov, Dmitry G.

AU - Cherdantsev, Andrey V.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors.

PY - 2020/6/1

Y1 - 2020/6/1

N2 - The complex wave structure of annular gas-liquid flow with disturbance waves and liquid entrainment is a result of the evolution of high-frequency initial waves, appearing at the very inlet of the flow, prior to the hydrodynamic stabilization of liquid film. This stage of flow evolution is studied experimentally, using a shadow technique, and theoretically, using a linear stability analysis of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation in both phases. The present work is focused on the comparison of earlier results obtained in air-water downward flow with the new results obtained in upward flow and with more viscous liquids. The flow orientation affects the shape of the liquid film prior to stabilization; the initial film area is thicker but shorter in upward flow. Upward flow orientation also leads to a lower frequency and the increment of growth of initial waves. The viscosity effect is found to be weak if flow rates of both phases are the same. The model is mostly able to reproduce the qualitative trends, but the quantitative agreement is not reached. Experimental observations indicate that the liquid flow within the initial area is significantly different from the stabilized flow of gas-sheared liquid film, which is used in the model. This difference could explain the discrepancy; further development of the model should be aimed at taking into account the evolution of the velocity profile inside the liquid film during the stage of hydrodynamic stabilization.

AB - The complex wave structure of annular gas-liquid flow with disturbance waves and liquid entrainment is a result of the evolution of high-frequency initial waves, appearing at the very inlet of the flow, prior to the hydrodynamic stabilization of liquid film. This stage of flow evolution is studied experimentally, using a shadow technique, and theoretically, using a linear stability analysis of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation in both phases. The present work is focused on the comparison of earlier results obtained in air-water downward flow with the new results obtained in upward flow and with more viscous liquids. The flow orientation affects the shape of the liquid film prior to stabilization; the initial film area is thicker but shorter in upward flow. Upward flow orientation also leads to a lower frequency and the increment of growth of initial waves. The viscosity effect is found to be weak if flow rates of both phases are the same. The model is mostly able to reproduce the qualitative trends, but the quantitative agreement is not reached. Experimental observations indicate that the liquid flow within the initial area is significantly different from the stabilized flow of gas-sheared liquid film, which is used in the model. This difference could explain the discrepancy; further development of the model should be aimed at taking into account the evolution of the velocity profile inside the liquid film during the stage of hydrodynamic stabilization.

KW - Annular flow

KW - Instability

KW - Liquid film

KW - VELOCITY

KW - 2-PHASE FLOW

KW - FILM

KW - annular flow

KW - INTERFACIAL WAVES

KW - DROP

KW - ENTRAINMENT

KW - liquid film

KW - instability

KW - DISTURBANCE WAVES

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087369656&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/app10124366

DO - 10.3390/app10124366

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85087369656

VL - 10

JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

SN - 2076-3417

IS - 12

M1 - 4366

ER -