Slug to churn transition in upward vertical two-phase flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 4269-4272

  Chen, X T ^a   Brill, J P ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Churn flow; Flow pattern; Gas liquid flow; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; WAKES;

CHURN FLOW; SLUG FLOW; TAYLOR BUBBLES;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE; MODEL; SLUG; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031444364     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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