Droplets Turbulence Effect of Gas-Water Separator with Corrugated Plates

• Published in: Transactions of Tianjin University Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 440 - 445
• Main Author: 李嘉 王晓墨 黄素逸
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Tianjin University 01.12.2009; College of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
• Subjects: Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; multidisciplinary; Science; 分离效率; 拉格朗日; 数值方法; 气水分离器; 油水分离器; 波纹板; gas-water separator; corrugated plates; droplet turbulence effect; numerical simulation
• ISSN: 1006-4982; 1995-8196
• DOI: 10.1007/s12209-009-0076-4

Droplet turbulence effect on gas-water separator with corrugated plates is explored using the Eulerian- Lagrangian two-way coupled multiphase approach of FLUENT. It is concluded that the inertial force is dominant in separating large droplets, while droplet turbulence dispersion plays a decisive role in separating fine droplets. Good agreement exists between calculations and air-water experiments. The numerical method developed provides a reasonable description of the droplet trajectories and separating efficiency, and it can be applied to predicting the performance of gas-water separator with corrugated plates.