Hydrodynamics of two-phase flow in Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone separators

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Arpandi, Inta A ^a   Joshi, Ashutosh R ^b   Shoham, Ovadia ^a   Shirazi, Siamack A ^a,d   Kouba, Gene E ^c  

^a The University of Tulsa

^b Nemaha Resources LLC   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GASES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

EID: 0030349157     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30683-PA     Document Type: Article

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