Yan, X;
Zhu, H;
Yu, J;
Chen, S;
Mahgerefteh, H;
(2018)
An experimental investigation on pressure response and phase transition of supercritical carbon dioxide releases from a small-scale pipeline.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
, 13
(3)
, Article e2197. 10.1002/apj.2197.
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Abstract
The prediction of the pressure response and phase transition in the event of an accidental carbon dioxide (CO2) release from a ruptured pipeline is of significant importance for understanding the depressurization behaviour and hence the fracture behaviour. This article presented a small‐scale experimental investigation on the pressure response and phase transition of supercritical CO2 release from a pressurized pipeline with a relief orifice. High‐frequency transducers and thermocouples were used to measure the evolution of CO2 pressures and temperatures at different locations after release. The results indicated that pressures at different locations decreased nearly synchronously after release. No vapour bubble and pressure rebound generated in larger scale release experiments were found in our small‐scale release experiments. The depressurization rate was greatly affected by the phase transition. During the release process, the supercritical CO2 firstly turned into an unstable gas with a very great depressurization rate, then changed into the gas–liquid phase with a lower depressurization rate, and finally changed into gaseous CO2. The larger the relief diameter was, the longer the gas–liquid phase state lasted.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An experimental investigation on pressure response and phase transition of supercritical carbon dioxide releases from a small-scale pipeline |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/apj.2197 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2197 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Chemical, Engineering, phase transition, pressure response, small-scale pipeline, supercritical CO2 release, CO2 RELEASES, DISPERSION, TRANSPORT, CAPTURE, STORAGE, MODELS, STATE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059942 |
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