CO2-水两相流管道压力脉动及衰减的研究

Investigation of pressure pulsations and attenuation in CO2-water two-phase flow pipelines

  • 摘要: 为衰减CO2-水两相流所致压力脉动,从而减小管道振动和噪声,本文进行了数值模拟和实验分析。首先,在OpenFOAM中建立不同管路结构的气液两相流三维计算模型,考虑CO2在水中的溶解现象,采用reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam求解器来进行计算。基于不同介质的声速特性,设计了4种共振频率的衰减器(1~4号),讨论了这4种衰减器在入口压力、流速信号为M序列时的压力脉动衰减效果。仿真结果表明,倒置安装时,1号衰减器在422 Hz附近可实现约40%的衰减,3号衰减器对872和725 Hz脉动的衰减率分别达65% 和62%;正置安装时,4号衰减器对813 Hz峰值的衰减率超过70%,2号衰减器仅在1383 Hz高频处实现约12 dB的衰减。随后,为验证仿真精度,搭建气液两相流管道的压力与噪声测试平台,与数值模拟进行对比分析。实验结果与仿真结果高度一致:腔体充气状态下,4号衰减器压力脉动峰值下降68%,声压级降低5 dB;腔体充液状态下,3号衰减器分别实现64%和6 dB的抑制效果;同型号衰减器串联正置时,衰减率和降噪幅度进一步提升约10%。衰减器性能差异的原因主要在于腔体固有频率与两相流特征频率之间的关系能否匹配。当衰减器腔体以气体为主时,其有效声速较低,更容易匹配两相流中低频段的脉动;而当腔体以液体为主时,其有效声速升高,对高频脉动表现出更优的抑制作用。此外,安装方式会改变气液分布,进而影响有效声速与模态特性,是造成不同衰减效果的重要因素。

     

    Abstract: and thereby reduce pipeline vibration and noise. Three-dimensional gas-liquid two-phase flow models with various pipe geometries were implemented in OpenFOAM, considering CO2 dissolution in water, and solved using the reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam solver. Based on the sound-speed characteristics of each medium, four Helmholtz-type resonators with distinct resonance frequencies (Resonators 1-4) were designed, and their attenuation performance under M-sequence excitation of inlet pressure and flow rate was evaluated. The simulation results reveal that, in the inverted configuration, Resonator 1 achieves approximately 40% attenuation near 422 Hz, and Resonator 3 delivers 65% and 62% attenuation at 872 Hz and 725 Hz, respectively. In the upright configuration, Resonator 4 suppresses the 813 Hz peak by over 70%, whereas Resonator 2 yields about 12 dB attenuation only around 1383 Hz. To validate these findings, a test platform equipped with pressure and sound-level sensors was constructed, and the experimental results were compared with the numerical results. Experimental trends closely matched simulations: under gas-filled conditions, Resonator 4 reduced pressure pulsation peaks by 68% and sound pressure level by 5 dB; under liquid-filled conditions, Resonator 3 achieved 64% and 6 dB attenuation; when identical resonators were arranged in series upright, both attenuation and noise reduction were further improved by about 10%. The variation in attenuator performance is primarily attributed to the alignment between the cavity’s natural frequency and the characteristic frequencies of the two-phase flow. When the cavity is dominated by gas, the effective sound speed is relatively low, which facilitates the attenuation of low-frequency pulsations in the flow. In contrast, when the cavity is largely filled with liquid, the higher effective sound speed enhances the damping of higher-frequency pulsations. Moreover, the installation configuration can modify the gas-liquid distribution, thereby influencing both the effective sound speed and modal properties, constituting a key factor in the observed differences in attenuation performance.

     

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