针对小通道内弹状流建立了气弹长度计算模型,并结合实验研究,对模型进行验证。可视化实验以空气和水为工质,矩形通道截面尺寸为3.25 mm ×43 mm ,分气、液相 Re范围分别为62-360和1255-3707。结果显示,模型的预测值与实验数据具有较好的一致性,平均绝对误差为26.8%。此外,将Mishima和Cheng等的实验数据与计算模型进行对比,实验段包括矩形通道(40 mm ×1.07 mm ,40 mm ×2.45 mm)和圆形通道(De=4 mm),平均绝对误差为34.9%,说明计算模型具有较好的适用性。
A calculation model of slug length was developed for slug flow in small chan-nels and verified by visualized experiments of air-water slug flow in a vertical rectangular channel with the cross section area of 3.25 mm × 43 mm .Reynolds numbers of air and water were in the ranges of 62-360 and 1 255-3 707 ,respectively .The model predicts the experimental data fairly well with a mean absolute error of 26.8% .Besides ,the model was also evaluated against the experimental data of rectangular channels (40 mm × 1.07 mm ,40 mm × 2.45 mm) and circular channel (De = 4 mm) from Mishima and Cheng ,et al .,respectively ,and has a mean absolute error of 34.9% ,further showing fairly good applicability of the model .