Evaluation of flow characteristics in an onshore horizontal separator using computational fluid dynamics
作者机构：Department of Physics and EngineeringCalifornia State UniversityBakersfield9001 Stockdale HighwayBakersfieldCA 93311United States
出 版 物：《Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science》 (海洋工程与科学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第5卷第3期
页 面：261-268页
核心收录：
学科分类：080704[工学-流体机械及工程] 080103[工学-流体力学] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）]
基 金：California State University Bakersfield CSUB
主 题：Multiphase separators Computational fluid dynamics Mean residence time Residence time distribution
摘 要：In the petrochemical industry,separation of oil from water is a very important *** produce mixtures of gas,oil,and water which undergo a primary stage of separation inside horizontal gravity *** performance of these vessels is evaluated by measuring mean residence time(MRT)and residence time distribution(RTD).Although many researchers studied flow characteristics in horizontal separators,limited number of articles exist that discuss separator MRT and RTD with varying *** this article,the authors study an experiment using a horizontal gravity separator by previous researchers and perform computational fluid dynamics(CFD)simulations on the same geometry under similar *** simulation results show qualitative agreement with the experiments by previous *** shown by experiments before,CFD results showed that MRT of the organic phase increased with increase in *** addition,the RTD characteristics show very similar trends between CFD and experimental results.
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