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Enabling low-emission LNG systems
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Anders Austegard, Amy Brunsvold experiments performed by Mayukh Bandopadhyay
Trondheim Gas Technology Conference #3
Flow pattern transitions and hysteresis effects of falling film over horizontal tubes
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Motivation
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• Purpose of work
• To gain insight into fundamental phenomena occurring in heat exchangers of natural gas liquefaction plants.
• Basic hypothesis
• A thorough understanding of the processes and phenomena occurring at a small-scale level in the heat exchanger is necessary to improve heat exchangers’ design and operation
• This task
• To characterize flow regimes between the tubes.
• The heat transfer is decided by film thickness, the stability and thickness of the film is depending on flow type between the tubes
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Spiral heat exchanger
3 Photo: Linde Group
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Spiral wound HX – flow between tubes
• In a spiral wound HX, the tubes are at an angle and supported regularly.
• The flow will partly go along the tubes and fall down at the supports
• Typically the tubes are quite close
• Our goal: Understand flow between tubes
• Experimental model – Horizontal tubes
– Flow would otherwise go to the end of tubes
• The image is actually of a spiral wound HX for a reactor • In an LNG heat exchanger the tubes are closer
together
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Experimental setup
• A reservoir over a drip hole arrangement
• Even flow onto the upper tube.
• Flow is captured by a high speed camera
• In the setup – Tube diameter
– Tube distances
can be varied
• The surface of the tubes is rough
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Flow pattern categorization
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• There are additional transitional / hybrid states
• Between tubes with pentane the flow regimes could be less defined than in illustration
Hu & Jacobi 1996[1]
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Droplet mode with 4 mm spacing
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Analysis • Important variables that decides behaviors:
𝜌𝑙: Density liquid (kg/m3), σ: Surface tension (N/m) 𝜇: Viscosity 𝑁𝑠/𝑚2 , 𝑔: Gravity = 9.81𝑚/𝑠2 𝐷: Tube diameter 𝑚 , 𝑆: Space between the tubes 𝑚 Γ: Flow/Tube length 𝑘𝑔/𝑚𝑠 , 𝑘: Roughness 𝑚
• Characteristic length of surface tension:
– 𝐶𝑎 = 𝜎/(𝜌𝑔)
• 5 dimensionless parameters (Dimensions m, s, kg, 8-3=5):
𝑅𝑒 =2Γ
𝜇𝐿, 𝐺𝑎 =
𝜌𝐿𝜎3
𝜇𝐿4𝑔
, 𝐷
𝐶𝑎,
𝑆
𝐶𝑎,
𝑘
𝐶𝑎
• The following parameter can be made without viscosity:
𝑅𝑒
𝐺𝑎1/4=
2Γ𝑔1/4
𝜌𝐿1/4
𝜎3/4
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Model
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• Must author uses the following model for the transitions: 𝑅𝑒 = 𝐴 × 𝐺𝑎𝑝
• Often p = 0.25, and it is always close to 0.25
• Some (like Jacobi, 2012 [6]) also uses:
𝑅𝑒 = 𝐴 × 𝐺𝑎1/4 𝑆/𝐶𝑎
• Bases: minimum energy for a long column or sheet
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Uncertainty
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• The flow regime characterization is subjective.
• Uncertainty in mass flow, fluid properties and dimensions.
• To check repeatability, two measurement series are done under the same conditions, D=12mm and space between tubes (S) of 3 mm (S/Ca = 2.0)
• Deviation between these two experiments in Re/Ga1/4 become 0.040
• Tubes in Heat exchanger usually close together: Harder to identify flow regime
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Flow characteristics of pentane
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• Like natural gas, pentane has:
• Low surface tension
• Low viscosity
compared with water
Pentane (40°C) Liquid methane (-162 °C, NIST[1])
Water (20°C) (NIST [1])
Density (kg/m3)
606 422 998
Surface tension(N/m)
0.0137 0.0129 0.072
Viscosity (Pa/s) 1.97 * 10-4 1.12 * 10-4 10 * 10-4
Ga1/4 569 875 441
Ca (mm) 1.52 1.77 2.71
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Result Summary, with average for given transition and diameter
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0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
1.000
1.200
1.400
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/ G
a1/4
s/Ca
Droplet/column-column
8:Up
8:Down
12:Up
12:Down
D=8mm
D=12mm
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0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
1.000
1.200
1.400
1.600
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/ G
a1/4
s/Ca
Column-column/sheet
8:Up
8:Down
12:Up
12:Down
D=8mm
D=12mm
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0.500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/ G
a1/4
s/Ca
Column/sheet -sheet
8:Up
8:Down
12:Up
12:Down
D=8mm
D=12mm
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0.100
0.200
0.300
0.400
0.500
0.600
0.700
0.800
0.900
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/ G
a1/4
s/Ca
Droplet-droplet/column
12:Up
12:Down
D=12mm
• Hysteresis effect evident • Deviation is 0.14 from model where Re/Ga1/4 is constant for given D for a transition
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• Results are averaged for tube diameters between 8 and 12 mm
• Results appear invariant of tube separation (s)
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0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
1.000
1.200
1.400
1.600
1.800
2.000
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/Ga1/
4
S/Ca
Re/Ga1/4: Average over up/down, 8mm, 12 mm
D-DC
DC-C
C-SC
SC-S
D-DC
DC-C
C-CS
CS-S
Droplets
Droplet - Column
Column
Column - Sheet
Sheet
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0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
1.000
1.200
1.400
1.600
1.800
2.000
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re
/Ga1/
4
S/Ca
Re/Ga1/4: Average over up/down, 8mm, 12 mm
D-DC
DC-C
C-SC
SC-S
D-DC
DC-C
C-CS
CS-SDroplets
Droplet - Column
Column
Column -
Sheet
• Deviation between model and measurement become here 0.23
– 0.14 if diameter is separated
– 0.04 for repeated experiment
• Any dependence between Re/Ga1/4 is less than experimental accuracy
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Comparison with literature
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This work A, B=0 Honda [2]1
B=0
Armb-uster [3],B=0
Hu & Jacobi [4]
Roques [5]
Both D=8 D=12 A A A B A B
Droplet Droplet – Column
0.61 0.61 0.52 0.20 0.28 0.05 0.30 0.08
Droplet – Column Column
0.69 0.52 0.94 0.26 0.35 0.05 0.41 0.07
Column Column – Sheet
1.15 1.02 1.30 1.28 0.94 0.92 -0.02 0.82 0.00
Column – Sheet Sheet
1.67 1.82 1.58 1.04-1.322
1.14 1.02 -0.01 1.25 0.01
1: Low finned tubes, the only one with similar fluid as pentane. 2:B= -0.014
Uses: 𝑅𝑒 = 𝑎𝐺𝑎𝑏, here to get comparison it is reordered: 𝑅𝑒
𝐺𝑎1/4 = 𝐴𝐺𝑎
𝐺𝑎𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒
𝐵
where GaPentane= 1.05 *1011.
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Comparison with literature (2)
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• All studies except Honda have run on water or other fluid with high surface tension and viscosity.
• The others generally have longer distance between the tubes
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Conclusions
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• The transitions between droplet, column, and sheet flow for pentane have been studied
• The transitions, specially from droplet to column are not easy to identify with pentane due to small surface tension.
• Possibly improved results can be achieved with longer tubes
• In literature, comparable studies have mostly been using fluids with higher surface tension and viscosity and often with longer distances between the tubes.
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Acknowledgement
This publication is based on results from the research project Enabling low emission LNG systems, performed under the Petromaks program. The author(s) acknowledge the project partners; Statoil and GDF SUEZ, and the Research Council of Norway (193062/S60) for support.
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References
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[1]: NIST: national Institute of Standard and Technology http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/
[2]: H. Honda, S. Nozu and Y. Takeda "Flow characteristics of condensation on a vertical column of lowfinned horizontal tubes, 1987 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Vol 1 pp 517-524
[3]: R. Armbuster, R and J. Mitrovic, Pattern of falling film flow over horizontal smooth tubes, Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium series, 1994, Hemsphere Publishing Corporation
[4]: X. Hu and A. Jacobi, The intertube falling film: part 1-flow characteristics, mode transition and hysteresis, Journal of heat transfer 118(3):626-633, 1996
[5]: J. Roques …, Falling film transition on plain and enhanced tubes, Journal of heat transfer 124(3): 491-499, 2002
[6]: Anthony M. Jacobi and Xiaofei Wang, A Thermodynamic Basic for Predicting Falling-Film Mode Transitions, 2012. International Refrigeration and Air Condition Conference, Paper 1315, Purdue University, http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iracc