Research of Characteristics of Gas-liquid Two-phase Pressure Drop in Microreactor

With the research system of nitrogen and deionized water, this paper researches the pressure drop of gas-liquid two-phase flow in the circular microchannel with an inner diameter which is respectively 0.9mm and 0.5mm, analyzes the effect of microchannel diameter on gas-liquid two-phase frictional pressure drop in the microchannel reactor, and compares with the result of frictional pressure drop and the predicting result of divided-phase flow pattern. The result shows that, the gas-liquid two-phase frictional pressure drop in the microchannel significantly increases with the decreasing microchannel diameter; Lockhart-Martinelli relationship in divided-phase flow pattern can preferably predict the gas-liquid two-phase frictional pressure drop in the microchannel, but the Tabular constant needs to be corrected.