Phase splitting of wet steam in annular flow through a horizontal branching tee

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Chien, Sze Foo ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a SPE

^b Texaco Inc

^c E and P Technology Dept

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW SEPARATION; JUNCTIONS; PHASE SPLITTING; TEE; TWO-PHASE FLOW(GAS/LIQUID;

ANNULAR FLOW; PHASE SPLITTING EQUATION; TEE JUNCTION; VAPOR EXTRACTION RATIO; WET STREAM;

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FITTINGS; PIPE FLOW; STANDARDS; VELOCITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0029676340     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28542-PA     Document Type: Article

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