Dynamics of Two-Phase Flows

ISBN Print: 0-8493-9925-4

FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION DUE TO INSTABILITY OF VOIDAGE WAVE

DOI: 10.1615/0-8493-9925-4.210
pages 441-452

要約

In order to show that the transition from bubble flow to slug flow observed in a vertical riser is due to the instability of voidage wave, an analysis and a calculation are performed on the basis of a dilute bubbly liquid model. The result demonstrates such a possibility, together with expressions for propagation velocities, growth rate and coefficient of negative diffusion. A comparison is made with the experimental result.