An experimental comparison between a recombined hydrocarbon-water fluid and a model fluid system in three-phase pipe flow

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 253-259

  Utvik, Ole Harald ^a   Rinde, Trygve ^a   Valle, Arne ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

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EID: 0035783344     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1410365     Document Type: Article

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