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Topic: Co-Current Gas-Liquid Flow in Slightly Inclined Pipes Presented By: John Lioumbas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

This document provides an overview of a presentation on co-current gas-liquid flow in slightly inclined pipes. The presentation discusses the characterization of the gas-liquid interface and liquid layer flow field, and how they impact the transition between smooth and wavy stratified flow regimes. It also examines how surfactant additives affect this transition through their impact on drag reduction and interface modification. The scope of the work is to study this transition for different pipe inclination angles and flow rates, and to analyze the effect of surfactant addition on the transition for a range of pipe inclinations.

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Topic: Co-Current Gas-Liquid Flow in Slightly Inclined Pipes Presented By: John Lioumbas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

This document provides an overview of a presentation on co-current gas-liquid flow in slightly inclined pipes. The presentation discusses the characterization of the gas-liquid interface and liquid layer flow field, and how they impact the transition between smooth and wavy stratified flow regimes. It also examines how surfactant additives affect this transition through their impact on drag reduction and interface modification. The scope of the work is to study this transition for different pipe inclination angles and flow rates, and to analyze the effect of surfactant addition on the transition for a range of pipe inclinations.

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Topic: Co-Current gas-liquid flow in slightly inclined pipes

Presented by: John Lioumbas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, hessaloni!i, "reece.


he co-current stratified gas#liquid flow is a flow regime frequently encountered in
long distance hydrocarbon pipelines, as well as in transfer lines in process plants.
he accurate characteri$ation of both the structure of the gas#liquid interface and of
the flow field inside the liquid layer are considered essential to understand the
mechanisms in%ol%ed in the e%olution of wa%es at the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow regime. &oreo%er, the presence of small amounts of additi%es in
flowing liquids largely affects a wide range of phenomena 'e.g. stability of laminar
flow, transition to turbulence(. &ore specifically, the pressure drop reduction
phenomenon, associated with this addition and manifested as drag reduction,
significantly lowers energy consumption in turbulent single-phase flow in pipes.
)n this study the following topics are presented*
E+perimental e+amination of the )nterfacial characteristics and the liquid
%elocity profile during free falling film and co-current gas-liquid flow in slightly
downward inclined pipes.
,urfactants, Drag reduction and "as-Liquid interface modification in slightly
inclined pipes.
he scope of this wor! is twofold* -irst, to study the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow for %arious pipe inclination angles and gas#liquid flow rates. ,econdly,
to study the effect of surfactant addition on the transition from smooth to wa%y
stratified flow in inclined pipes for a range of pipe inclination angles.
he study of the liquid flow field structure, through local a+ial %elocity measurements,
in con.unction with the liquid layer characteri$ation e+periments is aimed at
elucidating the influence of the liquid flow field on the interfacial structure.

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