Abstract
Supersonic swirling separation plays an important role in the separation of the water vapor and heavy hydrocarbons in natural gas processing. A viscous flow solver with slip model was developed to predict the non-equilibrium condensation phenomenon in supersonic separator. Several sets of experiments were conducted to validate the accuracy of numerical models. The detailed introduction of the experimental device was discussed. Then, to investigate the behavior of gas-droplet two-phase flow with strong swirls, the tangential velocity and centrifugal acceleration were simulated. Moreover, the distributions of droplet number density and bulk density of dispersed droplet phase in the supersonic separator were discussed in detail.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | 2018 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5386-2222-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Houston, United States Duration: 14 May 2018 → 17 May 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) |
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Location | Royal Sonesta Hotel |
Country | United States |
City | Houston |
Period | 14/05/2018 → 17/05/2018 |
Keywords
- Natural gas processing
- Supersonic separator
- Non-equilibrium condensation
- Slip model