INVESTIGASI GRADIEN TEKANAN DUA FASA UDARA AIR DAN GLISERIN (40-70%) PADA PIPA KAPILER DENGAN KEMIRINGAN 30° TERHADAP POSISI HORIZONTAL
Abstract
Two-phase flow is the flow that flows in a pipe at one time and area
simultaneously with more than one phase or form of a fluid. Two-phase flow is
the science that examines basic parameters with the simplest multi-phase flow
method. The basic characteristics of the two-phase flow are: flow pattern or flow
pattern map, void fraction, and pressure gradient. In the investigation of this test
used a mixture of water-glycerin 40, 50, 60, and 70% to determine the pressure
gradient in the capillary pipe with a diameter of 1.6 mm with a slope of 30° to the
horizontal position. The pressure gradient is the decrease in the pressure of the
long unity flow along the flow path. Research was conducted to determine the
effect of speed from superficial velocity liquid (JL) = 0.033 - 4.935 m / s, the
effect of superficial velocity gas (JG) = 0 - 66.3 m / s and the effect of liquid
viscosity on pressure gradients in capillary pipes.
The tools used to obtain pressure gradient data are pressure tranducer and
acquisition data arduino which are connected to the test section in and out on
capillary pipes. The data is in the form of analog data, then the pressure tranducer
is connected to acquisition data arduino to convert digital data on a computer.
Data is processed by a computer using the Microsoft Excel program.
This study is to show that the pressure gradient with the greater the value of
JG and JL used, the higher the pressure gradient. Increased pressure gradients in
the tests conducted from three JL (0.149, 0.539 and 0.7 [m / s]) with variations in
JG (0 to 66.3 [kPa / m]) have increased. Likewise, the effect of JG ranges from
0.066; 9.62 and 22.6 m / s by varying JL 0.033 - 4.935 m / s. The pressure gradient
at JG = 50 m / s JL = 0.033 m / s with a viscosity of 40% showing an average
pressure gradient of 18,574 [kPa / m], while the viscosity is 50%, 60%, and 70%
the average pressure gradient produced 35,537; 141,899; and 156,003 [kPa / m].
Thus the test performed shows the greater the viscosity of the fluid, the greater the
pressure gradient produced