Three-phase oil/water/air vertical flow

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 76, Issue 5 A5, 1998, Pages 571-584

  Woods, G S ^a   Speddeng, P L ^a   Watterson, J K ^a   Raghunathan, R S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP;

LIQUID HOLDUP; THREE-PHASE FLOW; VERTICAL CO-CURRENT FLOW;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

AIR; OIL; PRESSURE DROP; THREE-PHASE FLOW; WATER;

AIR; PETROLEUM; THREE PHASE FLOW; WATER;

EID: 0032125084     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387698525252     Document Type: Article

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