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In the present research, two-phase flow is studied adiabatically in vertical plexigalss tubes with inner diameters of 40 mm and 70 mm in heights of 1.73 m and 3.22 m. Flow pattern maps are presented for both tubes and effect of diameter and height on the transition curves between flow patterns is investigated. Air and water are used as working fluids. Superficial velocities of air and water for 40 mm tube are 0.054-9.654 m/s and 0.015-0.877 m/s; and for 70 mm tube are 0.038-20.44 m/s and 0.036-1.530 m/s, respectively. By changing the tube diameter from 40 mm to 70 mm, slug pattern region shrinks considerably. Inlet is designed to be "annular" for which bubbly flow in 70 mm tube is not observed in low water superficial velocities. However, this pattern is observed in higher water and lower air superficial velocities. For both tubes, the main flow regimes observed are bubbly, slug, churn and annular. The results obtained using image processing technique show that bubbly regime in 40 mm can be divided into three sub-patterns called dispersed, agitated and agglomerated bubbly. In addition, two sub-patterns are recognized in slug regime as large slug and small slug. Also semi-annular pattern is observed as an independent flow pattern in tube with inner diameter of 70 mm which has not been analyzed accurately up to now.

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Present research has been done with the aim of investigating hydrodynamic behavior of slug flows in a transparent acrylic tube with inner diameter of 40 mm and height of 3.33 m. The vertical experimental system constructed in Two-Phase Flow lab in Tarbiat Modares University was used to perform needed experiments. By using image processing technique, recorded movies of flow structures were analyzed and some important characteristics of slug flow such as length and velocity of Taylor bubbles and liquid slugs between them were extracted. In addition, the average path line of Taylor bubble nose was computed in a proper range of the tube length. The acquired probability density functions show that there is a direct relationship between the increasing of Taylor bubble length and liquid slug length moving after it. Also rising velocity of shorter Taylor bubbles is more than longer ones. Results show that bubble nose does not violate ± 20 % around the center line of the tube. An experimental correlation based on the Taylor bubble velocity and total superficial velocities of phases is presented which shows that the famous Nicklen correlation does not work well for this tube diameter.