Abstract
When the two phases pass through the bifurcated pipe of the T-shaped pipe, the ratio of the two-phase of the main pipe and the branch pipe generally changes. This paper uses FLUENT to simulate the separation characteristics of a two-phase mixture of high-viscosity oil and water in a T-pipe, and studies the effect of different structures (the height of the branch pipe, the number of branch pipes, and the spacing of the branch pipes) on the separation characteristics. The results show that the number of branch pipes and the spacing of the branch pipes have a great influence on the separation efficiency of the two phases.
Highlights
The T-shaped pipe is composed of a straight pipe and a branch pipe which are vertically orthogonal, and is often used as a pipe branch in the fluid conveying pipe system [1, 2]
This paper uses FLUENT to carry out numerical simulation of the separation characteristics of high water-containing and high-viscosity oil-water mixtures passing through T-pipes, and studied the T-pipe structure for separation
We can see that the separation efficiency of the oil-water two-phase in the T-shaped pipe increases significantly with the increase of the number of branch pipes
Summary
The T-shaped pipe is composed of a straight pipe and a branch pipe which are vertically orthogonal, and is often used as a pipe branch in the fluid conveying pipe system [1, 2]. The phase distribution of the T-tube main tube and the branch tube is utilized for drainage, such as the use of a T-tube for bile drainage. Since the arrangement of the main blood vessels and the branch vessels in humans is similar to the T shape, studying the phase distribution phenomenon of the T-shaped tubes has a great effect on biomedicine. This paper uses FLUENT to carry out numerical simulation of the separation characteristics of high water-containing and high-viscosity oil-water mixtures passing through T-pipes, and studied the T-pipe structure (branched pipe height, number of branch pipes, branch pipe spacing) for separation. The influence of characteristics provides some theoretical basis and reference for industrial applications
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