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水平和倾斜管内气液分层流界面稳定性

顾汉洋1,2; 郭烈锦1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
    2 School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 收稿日期:2006-12-20 修回日期:1900-01-01 出版日期:2007-10-28 发布日期:2007-10-28
  • 通讯作者: 顾汉洋

Stability of stratified gas-liquid flow in horizontal and near horizontal pipes

GU Hanyang1,2; GUO Liejin1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
    2 School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2006-12-20 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-10-28 Published:2007-10-28
  • Contact: GU Hanyang

摘要: A viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz criterion of the interfacial wave instability is proposed in this paper based on the linear stability analysis of a transient one-dimensional two-fluid model. In this model, the pressure is evaluated using the local momentum balance rather than the hydrostatic approximation. The criterion predicts well the stability limit of stratified flow in horizontal and nearly horizontal pipes. The experimental and theoretical investigation on the effect of pipe inclination on the interfacial instability are carried out. It is found that the critical liquid height at the onset of interfacial wave instability is insensitive to the pipe inclination. However, the pipe inclination significantly affects critical superficial liquid velocity and wave velocity especially for low gas velocities.

关键词: two-fluid model;Kelvin-Helmholtz criterion;interfacial instability;gas-liquid stratified flow

Abstract: A viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz criterion of the interfacial wave instability is proposed in this paper based on the linear stability analysis of a transient one-dimensional two-fluid model. In this model, the pressure is evaluated using the local momentum balance rather than the hydrostatic approximation. The criterion predicts well the stability limit of stratified flow in horizontal and nearly horizontal pipes. The experimental and theoretical investigation on the effect of pipe inclination on the interfacial instability are carried out. It is found that the critical liquid height at the onset of interfacial wave instability is insensitive to the pipe inclination. However, the pipe inclination significantly affects critical superficial liquid velocity and wave velocity especially for low gas velocities.

Key words: two-fluid model, Kelvin-Helmholtz criterion, interfacial instability, gas-liquid stratified flow