Topic: Co-Current Gas-Liquid Flow in Slightly Inclined Pipes Presented By: John Lioumbas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Topic: Co-Current gas-liquid flow in slightly inclined pipes

Presented by: John Lioumbas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, hessaloni!i, "reece.


he co-current stratified gas#liquid flow is a flow regime frequently encountered in
long distance hydrocarbon pipelines, as well as in transfer lines in process plants.
he accurate characteri$ation of both the structure of the gas#liquid interface and of
the flow field inside the liquid layer are considered essential to understand the
mechanisms in%ol%ed in the e%olution of wa%es at the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow regime. &oreo%er, the presence of small amounts of additi%es in
flowing liquids largely affects a wide range of phenomena 'e.g. stability of laminar
flow, transition to turbulence(. &ore specifically, the pressure drop reduction
phenomenon, associated with this addition and manifested as drag reduction,
significantly lowers energy consumption in turbulent single-phase flow in pipes.
)n this study the following topics are presented*
E+perimental e+amination of the )nterfacial characteristics and the liquid
%elocity profile during free falling film and co-current gas-liquid flow in slightly
downward inclined pipes.
,urfactants, Drag reduction and "as-Liquid interface modification in slightly
inclined pipes.
he scope of this wor! is twofold* -irst, to study the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow for %arious pipe inclination angles and gas#liquid flow rates. ,econdly,
to study the effect of surfactant addition on the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow in inclined pipes for a range of pipe inclination angles.
he study of the liquid flow field structure, through local a+ial %elocity measurements,
in con.unction with the liquid layer characteri$ation e+periments is aimed at
elucidating the influence of the liquid flow field on the interfacial structure.

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