Analysis of countercurrent liquid-vapor interactions and the effect on the liquid friction factor

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-24

  Peterson, G P ^a   Ma, H B ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Countercurrent flow; Liquid friction factor; Liquid vapor interaction; Mathematical model; Nachtsheim Swigert iteration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; VAPORS; VELOCITY;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; LIQUID FRICTION FACTOR; LIQUID VAPOR INTERACTION; NACHTSHEIM-SWIGERT ITERATION;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; FRICTION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VAPOUR/LIQUID SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029676041     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0894-1777(95)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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