The split of horizontal annular flow at a T-junction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 3441-3453

  Roberts, P A ^a   Azzopardi, B J ^a   Hibberd, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annular two phase flow; Film stop; Flow split; T junction

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW SPLIT;

PIPE FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; FILM; JUNCTION;

EID: 0031254217     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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