Abstract
It is of great significance to explore the flow structures in gas-liquid slug and churn flows. Aiming at this purpose, a novel plug-in optical probe combined with conductance sensors are designed. Furthermore, we perform experimental study of gas-liquid flows in vertical upward pipe with 20 mm inner diameter. Simultaneously, the local time average of void fraction in axial direction, cross-correlation velocity and instantaneous bubble chord distribution in slug and churn flows at seven radial positions are obtained. The research results show that big deformed bubbles in churn flow spiral up in test pipe, but sometimes they rise along pipe center just as gas slugs in slug flow. Besides, bubble chord length distributions in liquid slug of slug and churn flows are analyzed in this study.
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