TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental characterization of two-phase swirl flow interacting with a circular bluff body
AU - Hernandez, Rafael Gonzalez
AU - Goharzadeh, Afshin
AU - Meribout, Mahmoud
AU - Khezzar, Lyes
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST) for supporting this work through the CIRA-funded project # CIRA-2020-086.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study presents an experimental investigation of two-phase swirl flow interacting with a circular bluff body. A horizontal and transparent multiphase flow loop is employed to investigate the dynamic of swirl flow close to the circular bluff body. Using high-speed photography, air-core development during the transition period is characterized. Analysis of both instantaneous and averaged images provides key information on air-core length and diameter for steady state conditions. The distance from air-core tip to the disk depends on a critical gasliquid ratio (GLRc). The presence of air pocket behind the circular bluff body depends on a critical distance to the disk.
AB - This study presents an experimental investigation of two-phase swirl flow interacting with a circular bluff body. A horizontal and transparent multiphase flow loop is employed to investigate the dynamic of swirl flow close to the circular bluff body. Using high-speed photography, air-core development during the transition period is characterized. Analysis of both instantaneous and averaged images provides key information on air-core length and diameter for steady state conditions. The distance from air-core tip to the disk depends on a critical gasliquid ratio (GLRc). The presence of air pocket behind the circular bluff body depends on a critical distance to the disk.
KW - Circular Bluff Body
KW - Liquid Gas Separation
KW - Turbulent Swirling Flow
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116669733&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/FEDSM2021-65664
DO - 10.1115/FEDSM2021-65664
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85116669733
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
BT - Fluid Mechanics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics; Multiphase Flow
T2 - ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2021
Y2 - 10 August 2021 through 12 August 2021
ER -