International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems

Korean Society for Fluid machinery (한국유체기계학회)
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Numerical Simulation on the Performance of Axial Vane Type Gas-Liquid Separator with Different Guide Vane Structure

  • Yang, Fan (School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) ;
  • Liu, Ailan (School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) ;
  • Guo, Xueyan (School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2016.07.24
  • Accepted : 2017.01.07
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

In order to obtain high efficiency and low resistance droplet separation apparatus, axial vane type gas-liquid separators with different guide vanes were designed, and the RNG $k-{\varepsilon}$ model as well as discrete phase model (DPM) were used to investigate the flow pattern inside the separators. It was shown that the tangential velocity distribution under different guide vanes have Rankine vortex characteristics, pressure distribution exhibits a high similarity which value becomes big as the increase of the blade outlet angle and the decrease of the guide vane numbers. The increase of the guide vane numbers and the decrease of the blade outlet angle could make separation improve significantly. The separation efficiency is almost 100% when the droplet diameter is bigger than $40{\mu}m$.

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Supported by : Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality

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