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The proposed model was validated with CFD software, ANSYS Fluent where
water content of the natural gas is a function of temperature, pressure and gas
composition. K- turbulent model and Peng-Robinson equation of state was
used.
Gravity force neglected because the density of the liquid particle is usually
much larger than the gas density, the buoyancy force acting on a particle also
has been ignored
The SIMPLE algorithm was employed to couple the velocity field and pressure.
The Reynolds stress model (RSM) was employed to predict the strong swirling
flow.
The pressure boundary conditions were assigned for the inlet and outlet of the
supersonic separator. Non-slip and adiabatic boundary conditions are specified
for the walls. In addition, for the discrete phase, the escape boundary
conditions are assigned for the inlet and dry gas outlet. The trap boundary
conditions are used for the walls of the cyclone separation section and the
liquid-collection space. We appoint the reflect boundary conditions for all
other walls.
The SIMPLE algorithm is used to couple the velocity field and pressure. The
second-order upwind scheme is adopted for an accurate prediction.
Discrete Particle Method was used to study the particle motion in supersonic
flows with a strong swirl.
Mass, momentum and energy equation was used for gas flow and another
governing equation was used for discrete liquid particles.
Saffmans lift force was involved to accomodate strong shear and swirling flow
exist in a supersonic separator .
The governing equations are discretized with the finite volume
method, and the velocity and pressure fields are coupled by the
SIMPLE algorithm.
Reynolds Stress Model was used to predict supersonic flow with strong swirl.
For the gas phase, the pressure inlet and pressure outlet conditions
are assigned to the entrance and exits of the supersonic separator.
The no-slip and adiabatic conditions are utilized for all of
the solid walls. For the particle flow, the escape boundary conditions
are employed to the entrance and dry gas exit of the supersonic
separator
Calculation characteristics inside the adopted control volume were performed
using RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) equations with k-omega SST
(Shear-Stress Transport) turbulent model. The
most important settings that have been applied are:
Solver: 2D density-based.
Model: viscous, SST k-omega with compressibility effects.
Fluid: air, ideal gas, viscosity by Sutherland law, three coefficient method.
Boundary conditions: control volume inlet and outlet parameters as defined in
[1], for given test case.
Calculation: flow type supersonic, FMG - the Full Multi-Grid solution
initialization at 4 levels, initial optimum reordering of the mesh domain using
Reverse Cuthill-McKee method , active solution steering, applying automatic
optimization of Courant number for the achieved solution convergence stage,
etc.
Used three different fluids, air, methane and natural gas given the same
boundary conditions and initial physical parameters in ANSYS Fluent. The
Redlich Kwong real gas equation and standard k- turbulence model was
employed.
Explore the separation mechanism and heat transfer inside the separator by
using a fully three-dimensional numerical dynamic model with consideration of
effects such as strong swirling turbulent and non-equilibrium condensation
process. In addition to continuity, momentum and energy equation used for
the gas, droplet species and droplet mass equation was implemented using
User Defined Function in Fluent to consider the effect of non-equilibrium
condensation process. For EOS and turbulence model, VIrial equation and k-
equation was used respectively.
Studied separation efficiency tracking the liquid particle trajectory using DPM
method. Continuous gas phase is simulated using averaged Navier Stokes
equation with RNG k- as turbulence model while discrete particle was
described using Newton's 2nd law of motion. Gas-particle interaction force
was based on the Newtons third law of motion.
Effect of pressure ratio and inlet temperature to the
mass flow rate was studied. The particle trajectories and
separation efficiency in a supersonic separator for
natural gas dehydration was predicted using Discrete
Particle Method with various EOS and Reynolds Stress
model to predict the swirling flow.
Studied real gas effect to flow of natural gas in
supersonic nozzle. Modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin The influence of the geometry and
(MBWR) equation was used instead of cubic equation of vorticity were investigated
state such as Peng-Robinson due to its complexity and k- in this article. But in their work, the
turbulence model used to predict turbulence multi-component
parameters. fluid systems were not induced.
Euler-euler two-phase flow model with additional two
transport equations which implements the modified
internally consistent classic nucleation
theory and Gyarmathys droplet growth model are
employed through User Defined Function in Fluent to
describe the phase change process during the
condensation of the water vapor including analysis
nucleation rate, droplet numbers, droplet radius and
droplet fraction.
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