Two- and three-phase horizontal slug flow simulations using an interface-capturing compositional approach

Pavlidis, Dimitrios, Xie, Zhihua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5180-8427, Percival, James R., Gomes, Jefferson L.M.A., Pain, Christopher C. and Matar, Omar K. 2014. Two- and three-phase horizontal slug flow simulations using an interface-capturing compositional approach. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 67 , pp. 85-91. 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.07.007

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Abstract

Progress on the development of a general framework for the simulation of turbulent, compressible, multi-phase, multi-material flows is described. It is based on interface-capturing and a compositional approach in which each component represents a different phase/fluid. It uses fully-unstructured meshes so that the latest mesh adaptivity methods can be exploited. A control volume-finite element mixed formulation is used to discretise the equations spatially. This employs finite-element pairs in which the velocity has a linear discontinuous variation and the pressure has a quadratic continuous variation. Interface-capturing is performed using a novel high-order accurate compressive advection method. Two-level time stepping is used for efficient time-integration, and a Petrov–Galerkin approach is used as an implicit large-eddy simulation model. Predictions of the numerical method are compared against experimental results for a five-material collapsing water column test case. Results from numerical simulations of two- and three-phase horizontal slug flows using this method are also reported and directions for future work are also outlined.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Implicit large-eddy simulation; Interface capturing; Slug flow; Three-phase flow
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0301-9322
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2022 10:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/97694

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