First, a detailed review of two-phase frictional pressure gradient at microgravity conditions is presented. Then, a simple semi-theoretical method for calculating two-phase frictional pressure gradient at microgravity conditions using asymptotic analysis is presented. Two-phase frictional pressure gradient is expressed in terms of the asymptotic single-phase frictional pressure gradients for liquid and gas flowing alone. In the present model, the two-phase frictional pressure gradient for x ≅ 0 is nearly identical to single-phase liquid frictional pressure gradient. Also, the two-phase frictional pressure gradient for x ≅ 1 is nearly identical to single-phase gas frictional pressure gradient. The proposed model can be transformed into either a two-phase frictional multiplier for liquid flowing alone () or two-phase frictional multiplier for gas flowing alone () as a function of the Lockhart-Martinelli parameter, X. Comparison of the asymptotic model with experimental data at microgravity conditions is presented.
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ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
August 1–5, 2010
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Review and Modeling of Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Gradient at Microgravity Conditions
M. M. Awad,
M. M. Awad
Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Y. S. Muzychka
Y. S. Muzychka
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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M. M. Awad
Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Y. S. Muzychka
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30876, pp. 987-1002; 16 pages
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March 1, 2011
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Awad, MM, & Muzychka, YS. "Review and Modeling of Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Gradient at Microgravity Conditions." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting: Volume 1, Symposia – Parts A, B, and C. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 1–5, 2010. pp. 987-1002. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30876
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