Experimental study of separation of two-phase flow gas-liquid

A gas-liquid separation process have been investigated experimentally in an installation which!designed by combining horizontal and vertical pipes of same diameter forming T-junctions was tested in a closed loop with controlled performances as a function of parameters such as: the number and height of the vertical junctions, the test conditions (the flow rate of liquid and the fraction of gas fed). The plant is equipped with sampling equipment for each phase to monitor the process and analyze it until the separation progresses efficiently. The results obtained are recorded at the optimum separation of the flow. At the same flow rate, the variation interval of the void fraction increases with increasing flow pressure; for 2 bar, α varies between 0,76 and 0,96, for 3 bar, it varies between 0,66 and 0,95, finally for 4 bar it varies between 0,54 and 0,94. The manufacturing simplicity and the low cost of this installation make it favorite solution for industrial applications.