Pressure drop for single and two-phase flow of non-newtonian liquids in helical coils

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Bandaru, S V S R Krishna ^a   Chhabra, Rajendra P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Dean number; Friction factor; Non Newtonian fluids; Power law fluids; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

HELICAL COILS; SINGLE PHASE FLOW;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POWER LAW FLUID; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; DEAN NUMBER; FLOW; FRICTION; FRICTION FACTOR; GEOMETRY; HELICAL COIL; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID; LOCKHART MARTINELLI METHOD; MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUID; POWER LAW FLUID; PRESSURE; PRESSURE DROP; TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0012684478     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800219     Document Type: Article

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