Benchmarking of two-phase flow through safety relief valves and pipes

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-297

  Adair, Shawn P ^a   Fisher, Harold G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking studies; Pipe flow; Safety relief valve flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NOZZLES; PIPE FLOW; SAFETY VALVES;

SAFETY RELIEF VALVES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CCFLOW; SOFTWARE PACKAGE RRERSP; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TPHEM;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032650065     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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