A comparison between numerical predictions and experimental results for horizontal core-annular flow with a turbulent annulus

Journal article (2017)

Authors

G. Ooms Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
R.A.W.M. Henkes Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
M.J.B.M. Pourquie Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 E.M.R.M. Ingen Housz, G. Ooms, R.A.W.M. Henkes, M.J.B.M. Pourquie, A. Kidess, R. Radhakrishnan
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.01.020
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Process and Energy

Research Group

Fluid Mechanics

Abstract

An experimental and numerical study has been made of oil-water core-annular flow in a horizontal pipe with special attention for the turbulence in the water. An experimental set-up was built to be able to compare numerical predictions with detailed experimental results. The oil density was considerably smaller than the water density. Full 3D and time-dependent numerical simulations of some of the experiments were done. Only when a turbulence model is applied the agreement with the experiments is reasonably good.