The Characteristic of Two-Phase Flow Pattern on Air-Water Countercurrent Flow in Vertical Pipe

• Published in: Key engineering materials Vol. 792; pp. 190 - 194
• Main Authors: Firdaus, Reza Ali, Sukamta, Sukamta, Thoharudin, Thoharudin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Two phase flow; Vertical Slug; Water-Air Two-Phase Flow; Counter Current Flow
• ISSN: 1013-9826; 1662-9795; 1662-9795
• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.792.190

Two-phase flow is widely encountered in several engineering and industrial facilities. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristic of slug countercurrent flow pattern in a vertical small diameter pipe. An experimental investigation in this study has been performed toward a transparent tube of 19 mm diameter (outside diameter 22 mm, length 200 mm), water and air as the liquid and gas fluid in the vertical pipe followed by taking a picture of flow pattern in the transparent pipe using the high-speed camera. Two differential pressure sensors were set in transparent tube in order to receive slug countercurrent flow rate associated with the acquisition data as media to record data and then displayed on the screen. The two-phase flow was always preceded by the instability of flow rate and bubbles appearance. It occurred after the steady flow data acquisition rate was turned on for recording the differential pressure. The result showed that the flow pattern characteristic of two-phase flow (air-water) in the vertical pipe caused by the superficial velocity of air.