Lockhart-Martinelli Method for Two-Phase

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Parameters
Pipe roughness (m)
Pipe diameter (m)
Cross-sectional area

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0.0001
0.15
0.01767146
Liquid

Density (kg m )
Viscosity (Pa s)

Gas

710
2.73
0.005 0.0000135

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Flowrate (kg s-1)

20

Mass flux (kg m s )

Reynolds number
Friction factor (Haaland Equation)

1131.76848 113.17685
33953.0545 1257521
0.02430113 0.0181537

Pressure gradient (Pa m-1)

Lockhart-Martinelli factor
Pressure drop multiplier

146.137605 283.92039
0.71743524 0.7174352
5.29454453 3.7984928

Total pressure gradient (Pa m-1)

4096.55882 4096.5588

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Two-Phase Pressure Drop

Parameters specified by user
Intermediate calculations
Results

Calculating Two-Phase Pressure Drop with the Lockhar

The Lockhart and Martinelli correlation is commonly used to calculate the pressure-d
This Excel spreadsheet helps you calculate the two-phase pressure drop in a pipe. It

First the pressure drops of the individual phases are calculated assuming that ea
Then, the Lockhart-Martinelli parameter is calculated.

Finally, the Chisholm (1967) correlation is used to calculate the total pressure dr

e Drop with the Lockhart-Martinelli Correlation

only used to calculate the pressure-drop of two-phase flow in pipe. It's simpler than other methods, and is particularly suitable for low liquid and ga

wo-phase pressure drop in a pipe. It has several stages

hases are calculated assuming that each phase is alone in the pipe (i.e. separated flow).

sed to calculate the total pressure drop.

ticularly suitable for low liquid and gas flows in small diameter pipes.