Measurement of Local Mass Transfer and the Resulting Roughness in a Large Diameter S-Bend at High Reynolds Number

Abstract

The local mass transfer and the resulting roughness in a 203 mm diameter back-to-back bend arranged in an S-configuration were measured at a Reynolds number of 300,000. A dissolving wall method using gypsum dissolution to water at 40 °C was used, with a Schmidt number of 660. The topography of the unworn and worn inner surface was quantified using nondestructive X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans. The local mass transfer rate was obtained …