Investigating Airlift Pump Performance under Three-Phase Flow Conditions
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Abstract
Airlift pumps are widely utilized in many industries for the transport of three-phase flows.The solid particle behavior in the pump riser is dependent on the pump design parameters, such as the pump riser length and diameter, as well as the physical properties of the carrying liquid, and the characteristics of the solid particles.In this study, the momentum behavior of solid particles in the pump riser was experimentally investigated for an airlift pump handling solid particles consisting of 5mm glass spheres.This airlift pump had a 60degree halo-like slot injector and was tested at a constant submergence ratio of 0.7.High-speed images were used to identify the solid particle trajectories in the air-water-solid three-phase mixture in the pump risers.The results show that the transport of solid particles is strongly dependent on the liquid distribution in the three-phase mixture, which can be referred to as the liquid flow pattern.The solid particles are transported mainly by the liquid slugs; however, the particles in the lower portion of the liquid slug slow down due to gravitational forces.As well, the total mass lifted by the pump under two-phase flow conditions is found to be significantly lower when the pump is used to transport three-phase flows.
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