Hydrodynamics of „jet” type outflow from process installations
Advancing the chemical engineering fundamentals
Multifase Flows (T2-5P)
Keywords: jet outflow, two-phase flow
Global economic growth and the rise in standards of living around the world creates considerable demands on energy resources for electricity generation, for heating and for transportation fuel. In modern world generation of energy is based on fossil fuels like oil and gas. Transporting oil and gas from the well to the refinery and from there to the service station requires a complex transportation and storage systems. Enormous amount of oil and gas are transported every day in pipelines and stored in vessels and tanks.
Related to rapid increase in pipelines usage a level of hazard also increases. Hazard will emerge in such places where such transportation lines will be used. Fundamental hazards on the areas with pipelines and adjacent to them are: unsealing and jet outflows. Fuel outflows may be the cause of the environment pollution – soil, air and water. Other type of hazards involved are explosions and fires.
In this paper the influence of the most common hydrodynamics parameters on forming the “jet”-type outflow stream and mass distribution in surroundings of pipelines and tanks, which is invaluable in describing the spill formation, was presented. Measurements with pressure values being multiple atmospheric was performed. Jet outflow was filmed horizontally and vertically. Both jet outflow angles and range was measured.
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Presented Tuesday 18, 13:30 to 15:00, in session Multifase Flows (T2-5P).
