@Article{hmt.13.2,
AUTHOR = {Xuewen Cao, Qi Chu, Xiaodan Song, Yuxuan Li, Jiang Bian},
TITLE = {FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF WET NATURAL GAS IN DIFFERENT  THROTTLING DEVICES},
JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer},
VOLUME = {13},
YEAR = {2019},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {1--9},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fhmt/v13n1/53135},
ISSN = {2151-8629},
ABSTRACT = {Wet natural gas widely exists in the natural gas industry, and the selection of throttling devices plays an important role in wet natural gas 
transportation. In order to study the flow field characteristics of different throttling devices in wet natural gas pipelines, a set of Laval nozzles, orifice 
plates, and plate valves have been designed. The standard k-ε model was selected for numerical simulation. By changing inlet pressure, inlet 
temperature or volume fraction of water-liquid, the pressure field and temperature fields of different throttling devices were obtained, and the 
influence of the presence of a shockwave on the flow fields of the throttling devices was analyzed. Different throttling devices have significantly 
different operating characteristics. Therefore, appropriate throttling devices should be selected in different conditions in order to control the pressure 
of wet natural gas transportation and reduce gas hydrate formation. The present simulation results show that under identical conditions, the throat 
pressure and temperature of the Laval nozzle are the lowest, the throat pressure of the orifice plate is the highest, and the throat temperature of the 
plate valve is the highest.},
DOI = {10.5098/hmt.13.2}
}