Open AccessA MULTIPHASE FLOW LOOP DESIGN FOR INVESTIGATING THE PARTIAL PHASE SEPARATION IN A PIPE TEE
Author(s) -
Ahmed Saieed,
Zeeshan Memon,
Minh Tran,
William Pao King Soon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta polytechnica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1805-2363
pISSN - 1210-2709
DOI - 10.14311/ap.2019.59.0399
Subject(s) - loop (graph theory) , modular design , plug flow , flow (mathematics) , pipe flow , materials science , mechanics , multiphase flow , separation (statistics) , volumetric flow rate , engineering , computer science , mathematics , physics , combinatorics , machine learning , turbulence , operating system
This article presents a design and commissioning of a multiphase flow loop, which was developed for scrutinizing the partial phase separation characteristics of pipe Tees. Its length is 9m and its primary diameter is 0.078m (3 inches). For the ease of modification, its design was kept modular, so that it could be used for testing various other pipe profiles. To validate this flow loop, the separation of a stratified-wavy flow was tested in a regular diameter ratio pipe Tee, and the gathered results were compared with previously published data. A good agreement was observed between the two data sources, which suggests that this flow loop is suitable for a further experimentation.