Two-phase flow morphology and phase fractions in larger feed line sections

The design of industrial feed line sections and the selection of appropriate inlet devices requires knowledge about the two-phase flow morphology and phase fractions in order to reduce costly overdesign. Since experimental data for two-phase pipe flows at industrial scale are hardly available, current prediction methods are subject to high unertainities. In this study, horizontal two-phase flow morphologies for different industrial feed line sections were studied using wire-mesh sensors at multiple locations along the pipe. The obtained phase fraction data are compared with correlations.