Multiphase Flow Mixture In 180° Pipe Bends

• Authors: Marcin Pietrzak , Stanisław Witczak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents the results of research regarding measurements of the values of pressure drops during horizontal flow of gas-liquid and gas-liquid-liquid mixture through 180o pipe bends. The conducted insightful analysis and assessment during multi-phase flow in pipe bends has enabled to develop a new method for determination of their values. This new method for determining pressure drops ensures higher precision of calculation in comparison to other methods presented in literature and can be applied for calculation of these parameters during multi-phase flows in pipe bends with various geometries.

Keywords

EN

hydrodynamics; gas-liquid flow; pipe bends

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 227-239

Dates

published

1 - 06 - 2013

online

09 - 07 - 2013

Contributors

author

Marcin Pietrzak

• Opole University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, ul. Mikołajczyka 5, 45-271 Opole, Poland

author

Stanisław Witczak

• Opole University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, ul. Mikołajczyka 5, 45-271 Opole, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cpe-2013-0019