An analytical film drainage model and breakup criterion for Taylor bubbles in slug flow in inclined round pipes

The velocity of Taylor bubbles in inclined pipes is reduced if a lubricating liquid film between the bubble and the pipe wall is not present. An analytical model predicting the gravity-driven drainage of the lubricating film is presented in this article. The model is then used to establish a criteri...

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Main Authors: Lizarraga-Garcia, Enrique (Contributor), Buongiorno, Jacopo (Contributor), Bucci, Mattia (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor), Buongiorno (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2018-08-24T14:34:36Z.
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520 |a The velocity of Taylor bubbles in inclined pipes is reduced if a lubricating liquid film between the bubble and the pipe wall is not present. An analytical model predicting the gravity-driven drainage of the lubricating film is presented in this article. The model is then used to establish a criterion for film breakup: if the thin film would not break up, where tbubble is the bubble's passage time, and τ is the characteristic film drainage time based on the fluid properties, pipe geometry, and critical film thickness. The model is validated experimentally with Taylor bubbles in inclined pipes (5° to 90°, the latter being vertical) with stagnant liquids (ethanol, methanol, and mixtures of deionized water and methanol). Keywords: Taylor bubble; Slug flow; Film drainage; Film breakup criterion 
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