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This paper studies the gas-liquid flow splitting in T-junction with inclined lateral arm. The separation mechanism of the T-junction is related to the pressure distribution in the T-junction. It is shown that the separation efficiency strongly depends on the inclination angle, when the angle ranges from 0° to 30°, while not so strongly for angles in the range from 30° to 90° Increasing the number of connecting tubes is helpful for the gas-liquid separation, and under the present test conditions, with four connecting tubes, a good separation performance can be achieved. Accordingly, a multi-tube Y-junction separator with four connecting tubes is designed for the experimental investigation. A good agreement between the simulated and measured data shows that there is an optimal split ratio to achieve the best performance for the multi-tube Y-junction separator.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51779243), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No: XDb22030101).
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Yang, Ll., Liu, S., Li, H. et al. Gas-liquid flow splitting in T-junction with inclined lateral arm. J Hydrodyn 30, 173–176 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42241-018-0019-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42241-018-0019-4