Chinese J. of Chem. Eng, @ (1) 116 ~ 119 (2001)
RESEARCH NOTES
The Effect of Sudden Change in Pipe Diameter ou Flow
Patterns of Air-Water Two-Phase Flow in Vertical
Pipe (I) Sudden-Contraction Cross-Section*
YANG Yingzhen(# ##)"*, LI Guangjun(+/" F), ZHOU Fangde(/# ¥ #) and
CHEN Xuejun( i # &)
‘The State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow
China
‘Abstract Flow patterns upstream and downstream of a suddden-contraction cross-section in a verticals
Power Engineering, Xi'an Jisotong University, Xi'an 710049,
ight
Pipe wote presented. By comparing with flow patterns in uniform cross-section vertical tubes, the effect of the
sudden change in pipe diameter on flow patterns was analyzed. Flow pattern transition mechanisms were
tions were deduced accordingly using the dimensional analysis.
fand transition criteria for flow pattern tr
cussed
Kayworda gatliquid twonphase flow, low pattern, sudden-contraction cross-