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    Kumar, Animesh; Ghosh, Dibyendu; Ghosh, Suman

    Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 11/2020, Letnik: 42, Številka: 11
    Journal Article

    Split dynamics of the liquid–liquid two-phase mixture through horizontal T-junction is numerically investigated by varying the parameters like inlet-volume-fraction, inlet-mixture-velocity, liquid pair, and conduit-diameter. Ultimately, the effects of these parameters on the said dynamics are extracted. 3D steady-state numerical solutions are achieved by adopting a Finite Volume-based Eulerian Multi-Fluid VOF model. To simulate the turbulence, SST k – w model is used. Before producing the results, the adopted numerical methodology is successfully validated with the results available in the literature. Composition of the liquid–liquid two-phase mixture obtained along the branch and run arms differ from that along inlet arm. Again, that composition along the branch and run arm are also different from each other. Inertia imbalance is found as the most vital factor to influence the dynamics of phase split. More split is obtained for the mixture with high density-difference between the component liquids. No significant phase split is found for a liquid pair when any one of them has high viscosity. Depending on the conduit-diameter, liquid pair, and inlet-mixture-velocity, a critical inlet-volume-fraction (> 0.5) is found where no split occurs, and the phenomenon of phase split is reversed at the critical inlet-volume-fraction. As the inlet-velocity increases, critical inlet-volume-fraction increases for T-junction having a smaller conduit-diameter, but it increases very slowly for a larger conduit-diameter. With the increment in inlet-velocity, effective phase split reduces for smaller conduit-diameter, and it slightly increases for a larger conduit-diameter. The intensity of the split decreases with the increment in conduit-diameter. Larger critical inlet-volume-fraction is found for a larger conduit-diameter.