cfd analysis of single and multiphase flow characteristics in elbowcfd分析单和多相流特征的手肘.pdfVIP

Engineering, 2012, 4, 210-214 /10.4236/eng.2012.44028 Published Online April 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng) CFD Analysis of Single and Multiphase Flow * Characteristics in Elbow Quamrul H. Mazumder Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, USA Email: qmazumde@ Received January 29, 2012; revised February 23, 2012; accepted March 5, 2012 ABSTRACT Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of single- phase and two-phase flow was performed in a 90 degree hori- zontal to vertical elbow with 12.7 mm inside diameter. Characteristic flow behavior was investigated at six different upstream and downstream locations of the elbow. To evaluate the effects of different phases, three different air veloci- ties and three different water velocities were used during this study. Commercial CFD code FLUENT was used to per- form analysis of both single and multiphase flows. Pressure and velocity profiles at six locations showed an increase in pressure at the elbow geometry with decreasing pressure as fluid leaves from the elbow. Pressure drop behavior ob- served to be similar for single-phase and multiphase flows. Comparison of CFD results with available empirical models showed reasonably good agreement. Keywords: Multiphase Flow; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Elbow; Pressure Drop 1. Introduction ters and the limits of single-phase gas as well as liquid flow. A phase can be defined as one of the states of matter