Simulations on liquid loads and flow rates which the Taitel-Dukler model predicts to have multiple solutions have been performed with ANSYS Fluent and LedaFlow. Both steady state and transient results in one, two and three dimensional flows are reported in this work. The hypothesis that the holdup of a pipe operated in the multiple solution region will be determined by the downstream holdup is investigated. Some results indicate that the hypothesized interface level gradients effects are correct.The Fluent steady state simulations had mass imbalance issues in addition to being both grid and geometry dependent, but produced results consistent with the independent Fluent transient simulations. The one dimension LedaFlow solver illustrated the effect shear stress modeling have on the multivalued solution region. The solver chose the intermediate solution for some flow rates, which by physical arguments can be excluded. The novel solver LedaFlow Q3D produced transient results displaying the wavy surface of the high holdup solutions. The results from the different models are deviating, but it is hard to predict which results are most the accurate since no comparison with experimental results have been conducted.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-18808 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Andersen, Even |
| Publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for energi- og prosessteknikk, Institutt for energi- og prosessteknikk |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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