HE Denghui, CHEN Senlin, BAI Bofeng. New model for measuring stratified gas-liquid flow by Chisholm-model-based V-cone flowmeter[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (8): 3428-3435.
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HE Denghui, CHEN Senlin, BAI Bofeng. New model for measuring stratified gas-liquid flow by Chisholm-model-based V-cone flowmeter[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (8): 3428-3435.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20180136.
New model for measuring stratified gas-liquid flow by Chisholm-model-based V-cone flowmeter
Large errors are usually observed when Chisholm model is used in V-cone flowmeter to measure stratified gas-liquid flow rate. Three V-cone flowmeters with throttle ratios of 0.55
0.65 and 0.75 were used to study stratified gas-liquid flow at gas volume fraction of more than 95%. The effects of gas and liquid flow rates
operating pressure and throttle ratio on correction factor C of the Chisholm model were analyzed and new model for measuring stratified gas-liquid flow was developed. Correction factor C was monotonically decreased with increase of Lockhart-Martinelli
XLM
but was hardly affected by pressure and the gas densiometric Froude number. However
C was somehow affected by throttle ratio. The relationship between C and XLM was obtained and new models for three V-cone flowmeters to measure stratified flow were developed. The relative standard error of the predicted gas flow rate was with ±3.0% for V-cone flowmeters with throttle ratios of 0.55 and 0.65 under confidence level of 94.6% and 88.6%
respectively
while that was with ±4.0% under 91.7% confidence level for V-cone flowmeter with throttle ratio of 0.75.