CFD Analysis of the Effect of Elbow Radius on Pressure Drop in Multiphase Flow

Table 1

Configurations of elbows used in the study.

	Pipe diameter, 𝐷 (mm)	Elbow curvature radius, 𝑟 (mm)	Equivalent pipe length, Le (mm)
Elbow 1	12.7	38.1	635
Elbow 2	12.7	19.05	571.5
Elbow 3	6.35	19.05	317.5
Elbow 4	6.35	9.525	285.75