Abstract
Particulated multiphase flow is a complex phenomenon analyzed using computational and experimental methods for elbow geometry. The flow behavior in the elbow region is important as the velocity of particles impacting the wall can cause severe damage to the inner surface of the elbow. The particle impact behavior is influenced by fluid velocity, solid particle size, concentration due to spatial distribution of the particles. Computational and mechanistic erosion models are currently used to predict the potential failure modes and erosional damage to the wall. CFD prediction of erosion and flow behaviors in elbow geometry at three different velocities are presented. Velocities in the elbow region have been measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV) in particle laden flows. PIV technique measures the instantaneous velocity field within an illuminated plane of fluid by scattering light from particles in the fluid. The particle and flow velocities near the wall region can provide better understanding of the fluid and wall interactions. The predicted velocity profiles are compared with PIV results showing reasonably good agreement. Further investigation will be performed to provide more quantitative comparison of the velocities.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Change history
05 February 2022
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-022-0132-z
References
Adrian, R. J. 1991. Particle-imaging techniques for experimental fluid mechanics. Ann Rev Fluid Mechanics, 23: 261–304.
Adrian, R. J. 1996. Bibliography of Particle Velocimetry Using Imaging Methods: 1917–1995. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Badr, H. M., Habib, M. A., Ben-Mansour, R., Said, S. A. M. 2002. Effect of flow velocity and particle size on erosion in a pipe with sudden contraction. In: Proceedings of the 6th Saudi Engineering Conference: 79–95.
Day, S. W., McDaniel, J. C. 2005. PIV measurements of flow in a centrifugal blood pump: Steady flow. J Biomech Eng, 127: 244–253.
Day, S. W., McDaniel, J. C., Wood, H. G., Allaire, P. E., Landrot, N., Curtas, A. 2001. Particle image velocimetry measurements of blood velocity in a continuous flow ventricular assist device. ASAIO J, 47: 406–411.
Du, Q., Wang, D. 2003. Tetrahedral mesh generation and optimization based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations. Int J Num Meth Eng, 56: 1355–1373.
Dutta, P., Saha, S. K., Nandi, N., Pal, N. 2016. Numerical study on flow separation in 90° pipe bend under high Reynolds number by k-ε modelling. Eng Sci Technol, 19: 904–910.
Edwards, J. K. 2000. Development, validation, and application of a three dimension, CFD-based erosion prediction procedure. Ph.D. Thesis. The University of Tulsa, Tulsa.
Homicz, G. F. 2004. Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations of pipe elbow flow. Technical Report. Sandia National Laboratories, United States.
Iwamoto, Y., Kondo, M., Minamiura, H., Tanaka, M., Yamano, H. 2012. Unsteady flow characteristics in a 90 degree elbow affected by developed, undeveloped and swirling inflow conditions. J Fluid Sci Tech, 7: 315–328.
Jahanmiri, M. 2011. Particle Image Velocimetry: Fundamentals and its Applications. Research Report 2011:03. Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden.
Kalpakli, A. 2012. Experimental study of turbulent flows through pipe bends. Technical Report. Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Mechanics.
Kim, J., Yadav, M., Kim, S. 2014. Characteristics of secondary flow induced by 90-degree elbow in turbulent pipe flow. Eng Appl Comput Fluid Mech, 8: 229–239.
Kimura, N., Ogawa, H., Kamide, H. 2010. Experimental study on fluid mixing phenomena in T-pipe junction with upstream elbow. Nucl Eng Des, 240: 3055–3066.
Kirschner, O., Ruprecht, A. 2007. Velocity measurement with PIV in a straight cone draft tube. In: Proceedings of the 3rd German–Romanian Workshop on Turbomachinery Hydrodynamics.
Kubo, T., Ebara, S., Hashizume, H. 2013. Experimental study of influence of elbow curvature on a swirling flow generated in a three-dimensionally connected dual elbow. E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance, 5-1: 34–41.
Liu, M., Liu, H., Zhang, R. 2015. Numerical analyses of the solid particle erosion in elbows for annular flow. Ocean Eng, 105: 186–195.
Mahdi, E., Rauf, A., Ghani, S., El-Noamany, A. Pakari, A. 2013. Erosion–corrosion behavior and failure analysis of offshore steel tubular joint. Int J Electrochem Sci, 8: 7187–7210.
Mazumder, Q. H. 2012a. CFD analysis of single and multiphase flow characteristics in elbow. Engineering, 4: 210–214.
Mazumder, Q. H. 2012b. CFD analysis of the effect of elbow radius on pressure drop in multiphase flow. Model Simul Eng, 2012: 125405.
Mazumder, Q. H. 2016. S-bend erosion in particulated multiphase flow with air and sand. J Comput Multiph Fl, 8: 157–166.
McIlroy, H. M., McEligot, D. M., Schultz, R. R., Christensen, D., Pink, R. J., Johnson, R. C. 2006. PIV experiments to measure flow phenomena in a scaled model of a VHTR lower plenum. Technical Report. Idaho National Laboratory, United States.
Mohammadi, F., Luo, J. 2010. Effects of particle angular velocity and friction force on erosion enhanced corrosion of 304 stainless steel. Corros Sci, 52: 2994–3001.
Shiraishi, T., Watakabe, H., Sago, H., Yamano, H. 2009. Pressure fluctuation characteristics of the short-radius elbow pipe for FBR in the postcritical Reynolds regime. J Fluid Sci Tech, 4: 430–441.
Swienty, A., Ackl, R. A., Thamsen, P. U. 2015. Numerical prediction of flow patterns after various pipe fittings. J Mech Eng Auto, 5: 542–548.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Mazumder, Q.H., Hassn, K., Kamble, A. et al. Characterization of particulated flow induced erosion in elbow geometry. Exp. Comput. Multiph. Flow 3, 100–107 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-020-0066-2
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-020-0066-2