Publikationsrepositorium - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

For practical applications the Euler-Euler two-fluid model relies on suitable closure relations describing interfacial exchange processes. In dispersed gas-liquid multiphase flow, closure is needed for bubble forces, bubble-induced turbulence, as well as bubble-coalescence and -breakup. The quest for models with a broad range of applicability allowing predictive simulations is an ongoing venture (Lucas, 2014).
A large part of the necessary validation work was directed towards vertical upward bubbly turbulent flow since here quite well defined boundary conditions can be realized. Examples are the HZDR-facilities MT_Loop and TOPFLOW, which are equipped with wiremesh sensor techniques (e.g. Rzehak et al. 2012, 2013a, Rzehak & Krepper 2013b).
In the present paper the range of considered flow phenomena is extended. From the vertical tube experiments the change of void fraction distribution particularly in the near injection region is used to validate the closure models for drag and non-drag forces and for bubble-induced turbulence. Furthermore the influence of a slight inclination of the vertical tube on the void fraction distribution is investigated. In a preliminary first step bubble coalescence and breakup were excluded, i.e. the investigations were focussed on tests, which can be simulated assuming a monodispersed bubble size distribution.