A general model for transition to dispersed bubble flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 4373-4380

  Chen, X T ^a   Cai, X D ^a   Brill, J P ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersed bubble flow; Flow pattern; Gas liquid flow; Liquid holdup; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

LIQUID HOLDUP; SLUG FLOW; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE; FLOW; SLUG FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031457879     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)80857-3     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Adamson, A. W. (1990) Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 5th Edn. Wiley, New York.
2. Andreussi, P., Minervini, A. and Paglianti, A. (1993) Mechanistic model of slug flow in near-horizontal pipes. A.I.Ch.E. J. 39, 1281-1291.
3. Barnea, D. (1986) Transitions from annular flow and from dispersed bubble flow-unified models for the whole range of pipe inclinations. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 12, 733-744.
4. Barnea, D. (1987) A unified model for predicting flow-pattern transitions for the whole range of pipe inclinations. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 13, 1-12.
5. Barnea, D. and Brauner, N. (1985) Holdup of the liquid slug in two-phase intermittent flow. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 11, 43-49.
6. Barnea, D. and Taitel, Y. (1986) Flow pattern transition in two-phase gas-liquid flows. In Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 3, Gas-Liquid Flows, ed. N. P. Cheremisinoff, pp. 403-474. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston.
7. Barnea, D., Shoham, O. and Taitel, Y. (1982) Flow pattern transition for vertical downward two-phase flow. Chem. Engng Sci. 37, 741-744.
8. Brodkey, R. S. (1967) The Phenomena of Fluid Motions. Addisson-Wesley, Reading, MA.
9. Caetano, F. E. (1985) Upward vertical two-phase flow through an annulus. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
10. Calderbank, P. H. (1958) Physical rate processes in industrial fermentation, Part I. The interfacial area in gas-liquid contacting with mechanical agitation. Trans. Inst. Chem. Engrs 36, 443-463.
11. Dukler, A. E. and Hubbard, M. G. (1975) A model for gas-liquid slug flow in horizontal and near horizontal tubes. Ind. Engng Chem. Fundam. 14, 337-347.
12. Fernandes, R. C., Semiat, R. and Dukler, A. E. (1983) Hydrodynamic model for gas-liquid slug flow in vertical tubes. A.I.Ch.E. J. 29, 981-989.
13. Gregory, G. A., Nicholson, M. K. and Aziz, K. (1978) Correlation of the liquid volume fraction in the slug for horizontal gas-liquid slug flow. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 4, 33-39.
14. Hinze, J. O. (1955) Fundamental of the hydrodynamic mechanism of splitting in dispersion processes. A.I.Ch.E. J. 1, 289-295.
15. Kouba, G. E. (1986) Horizontal slug flow modeling and metering. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
16. Nicholson, M. K., Aziz, K. and Gregory, G. A. (1978) Intermittent two phase flow in horizontal pipes: predictive models. Can. J. Chem. Engng 56, 653-663.
17. Orell, A. and Rembrand, R. (1986) A model for gas-liquid slug flow in a vertical tube. Ind. Engng Chem. Engng 40, 61-68.
18. Shoham, O. (1982) Flow pattern transitions and characterization in gas-liquid two phase flow in inclined pipes. Ph.D. dissertation, Tel-Aviv Univ., RamatAviv, Israel.
19. Sylvester, N. D. (1987) A mechanistic model for two phase vertical slug flow in pipes. J. Energy Res. Technol. 109, 206-213.
20. Taitel, Y. and Barnea, D. (1990a) A consistent approach for calculating pressure drop in inclined slug flow. Chem. Engng Sci. 45, 1199-1206.
21. Taitel, Y. and Barnea, D. (1990b) Two-phase slug flow, Adv. Heat Transfer 20, 83-132
22. Taitel, Y., Barnea, D. and Dukler, A. E. (1980) Modeling flow pattern transition for steady upward gas-liquid flow in vertical tubes. A.I.Ch.E. J. 26, 345-354.
23. Taitel, Y. and Dukler, A. E. (1976) A model for predicting flow regime transitions in horizontal and near horizontal gas-liquid flow. A.I.Ch.E. J. 22, 47-55.
24. White, F. M. (1991) Viscous Fluid Flow, 2nd Edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
25. Yang, J., Sarica, C., Chen, X. T. and Brill, J. P. (1996) A study of downward intermittent flow in inclined pipes. In HTD-Vol. 334, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, ed. F. B. Cheung et al., Vol. 3, pp. 115-122.