Flooding instability of high-density gas slugs rising in vertical tubes filled with water

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3785-3802

  Guedes De Carvalho, J R F ^a   Talaia, M A R ^a   Ferreira, M J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flooding; Slug; Wetted wall

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW PATTERNS; GASES; NITROGEN; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

FLOODING INSTABILITY; GAS SLUGS; VERTICAL TUBES; WETTED WALL;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; SLUG FLOW; VERTICAL PIPE;

EID: 0033924191     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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