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

E.M.R.M. Ingen Housz, G. Ooms, Ruud Henkes, MAthieu Pourquie, Anton Kidess, R. Radhakrishnan

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)271-282
JournalInternational Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume95
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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