Search results for "Two-phase flow"
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Adjoint-based inversion for porosity in shallow reservoirs using pseudo-transient solvers for non-linear hydro-mechanical processes
2020
Abstract Porous flow is of major importance in the shallow subsurface, since it directly impacts on reservoir-scale processes such as waste fluid sequestration or oil and gas exploration. Coupled and non-linear hydro-mechanical processes describe the motion of a low-viscous fluid interacting with a higher viscous porous rock matrix. This two-phase flow may trigger the initiation of solitary waves of porosity, further developing into vertical high-porosity pipes or chimneys. These preferred fluid escape features may lead to localised and fast vertical flow pathways potentially problematic in the case of for instance CO2 sequestration. Constraining the porosity and the non-linearly related pe…
ICONE19-43144 RELAP5 SIMULATION OF TWO-PHASE FLOW EXPERIMENTS IN VERTICAL HELICAL TUBES
2011
Two-phase flow of liquid–liquid mixture in the range of the water droplet pattern
2002
Abstract Phenomena accompanying flow of water–oil mixture during droplet flow of water in oil have been described. Aims used in the determination of characteristic parameters in two-phase liquid–liquid flow have been presented. The method for calculating the equivalent viscosity and pressure drop during flow of liquid–liquid mixture in the range of the water droplet pattern has been given.
CFD simulations of dense solid–liquid suspensions in baffled stirred tanks: Prediction of the minimum impeller speed for complete suspension
2012
Abstract In the literature on mechanically agitated solid–liquid systems, several methods are described to estimate the minimum impeller speed Njs at which all particles are suspended, but few studies have been devoted so far to their critical comparative assessment [67] . In the present paper, several alternative Njs prediction methods are applied to CFD results obtained for selected test cases covering a broad range of suspension conditions and impeller speeds. Results are compared with one another and with classic empirical correlations [88] . The aim of the work is to assess the adequacy of different methods for predicting Njs and, more generally, to contribute to a viable CFD-based str…
Conditions of dust sampling in pneumatic conveying through the horizontal pipeline
2007
Abstract The paper presents the results of examinations on the reciprocal relation between the isokinetic coefficient H of sampling, the quantity of measured mass concentration and the measuring usefulness of a dust sample aspired from the stream of solgas conveyed pneumatically in the horizontal pipeline. In gravimetric measurements of two-phase flows, the conditions under which aspiration is carried out, are extremely important. Available theoretical considerations and practical experiments usually concern aspiration in the vertical channels, where the manner of making measurements is universally known and it does not express any reservations. However, it is often necessary to conduct tes…
Experimental assessment of application of gravimetric measurements for pneumatic conveying in horizontal pipelines
2008
Abstract Available theoretical considerations and practical experiments usually concern aspiration in the vertical pipelines, where the procedure of making measurements is universally known and it does not express any reservations. However, it is often necessary to conduct test in the systems of horizontal conveying of solgas, where the conditions of taking a representative sample, even for the sake of the significant effect of the gravitational force, many vary from those suggested for measurements in the systems with vertical flow. The present paper contains the results of tests which determine usability of the gravimetric method in measurements of flow parameters of two-phase gas–solid m…
Macroscopic capillarity without a constitutive capillary pressure function
2006
This paper challenges the foundations of the macroscopic capillary pressure concept. The capillary pressure function, as it is traditionally assumed in the constitutive theory of two-phase immiscible displacement in porous media, relates the pressure difference between nonwetting and wetting fluid to the saturation of the wetting fluid. The traditional capillary pressure function neglects the fundamental difference between percolating and nonpercolating fluid regions as first emphasized in R. Hilfer [Macroscopic equations of motion for two phase flow in porous media, Phys. Rev. E 58 (1998) 2090]. The theoretical approach proposed here starts from residual saturations as the volume fractions…
Characterization of gas flow through low-permeability claystone: laboratory experiments and two-phase flow analyses
2014
For the characterization of gas migration through a low-permeability clay host rock for deep underground repositories, a comprehensive understanding of the relevant phenomena of gas and fluid flow through low-permeability clay is required. The National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) in Switzerland has developed a comprehensive programme to characterize gas flow in low-permeability Opalinus Clay through laboratory tests and detailed numerical analyses for developing appropriate constitutive models. Laboratory tests were performed on cores by two different laboratories, the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics at EPFL and the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geos…
RELAP5 simulation of two-phase flow experiments in vertical helical tubes
2010
In the framework of the studies concerning the thermalfluid dynamic phenomena in helicoidal pipes of the innovative nuclear reactor IRIS steam generators, the Department of Nuclear Engineering of the University of Palermo in collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino Department of Energetics has been engaged in a work aimed to adapt, by implementing new suitable models, RELAP5/mod3.2.2β code to simulate the thermalfluid-dynamics and geometries such as the ones involved in helicoidal pipes. In fact this code is based on one-dimensional thermal-hydraulic relationships and presents limitations to model complicated geometry such as helicoidal pipes. Therefore the code was improved with additi…