scholarly journals On the droplet entrainment from gas-sheared liquid film

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 011705
Author(s):  
Chihiro Inoue ◽  
Ikkan Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Droplet Entrainment

Experimental Observation of Nucleate Boiling Entrainment in a Liquid Film

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junpei Tabuchi ◽  
Yuki Narushima ◽  
Kenichi Katono ◽  
Tomio Okawa
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Vapor Bubble ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Droplet Entrainment ◽  
Bubble Bursting ◽  
Filament Breakup

Abstract Many studies have been conducted on droplet entrainment in an annular flow regime, but little is known about droplet entrainment caused by nucleate boiling. In this report, visualization results of droplet entrainment caused by nucleate boiling are described. We observed two processes of droplet entrainment. The first one causes bubble bursting at a water surface. The second one causes filament breakup which occurs when the vapor bubble reaches and collapses at the interface between air and liquid. From comparison of the phenomena for the two processes, we found that the diameters of the droplets and vapor bubbles were considerably different. Using the results of this research allows the effect of forced convection to be taken into account. In the future, we plan to expand the amount of data and develop a boiling entrainment model under forced convection conditions.

Effect of Heat Flux on Droplet Entrainment Using Annular Flow Dryout Model

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masroor Ahmad ◽  
Evgeniy Burlutskiy ◽  
Simon P. Walker ◽  
Geoffrey F. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Droplet Entrainment ◽  
Annular Film ◽  
Low Pressures ◽  
Flow Experiments

Annular film dryout depends upon the competition of entrainment, deposition and evaporation processes between the droplet-laden core and wall liquid film. In this paper, effect of heat flux on droplet entrainment is analyzed by modeling different low and high pressure diabatic annular flow experiments numerically using an annular flow dryout model (AFM). Overall, the AFM predicted the experimental data reasonably accurately. It is concluded that at high pressures increasing heat flux may enhance net entrainment considerably but this effect diminishes at low pressures.

Modeling of Falling Film in Vertical Downward Two-Phase Pipe Flow

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Lopez ◽  
Ram Mohan ◽  
Ovadia Shoham ◽  
Luis Gomez ◽  
Gene Kouba
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Liquid Droplet ◽  
Mechanistic Model ◽  
Mineral Oil ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Droplet Entrainment ◽  
Falling Liquid Film

Falling liquid films in vertical pipes are found in a variety of different industrial applications and industrial equipment, such as downcomers, caisson separators and reactors. The hydrodynamics of the falling film in vertical two-phase pipe flow can affect droplet entrainment, gas entrainment, and pressure drop. Therefore, a mechanistic model for prediction of falling liquid film thickness, falling liquid film velocity and a correlation for liquid droplet entrainment fraction in vertical downward liquid-gas systems has been proposed. The falling film model developed is based on applying momentum balance on the liquid film. The liquid film is assumed to be in steady-state, incompressible and free of entrained gas. The mechanistic model includes both the developing and the developed regions. The shear effect between the gas core and the falling liquid film is considered. The liquid droplet entrainment fraction traveling in the gas core is considered and a new correlation for its prediction is proposed. Detailed uncertainty analysis is performed for liquid film thickness and liquid film velocity model predictions, including Monte Carlo simulation. Predicted liquid film thickness, liquid film velocity and liquid droplet entrainment fraction are validated against experimental data for different liquid fluid properties, such as water, Conosol mineral oil (light oil) and Drake mineral oil (heavy oil).

scholarly journals Study on Droplet Entrainment of High-Viscosity Falling Liquid Film

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun INUMARU ◽  
Maromu OHTAKA ◽  
Hiroaki WATANABE
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Droplet Entrainment ◽  
Falling Liquid Film
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