A universal flow regime map for horizontal two-phase flow in pipes

Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Spedding, P L ^a   Cooper, R K ^a   McBride, W J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

UNIVERSAL FLOW REGIME MAPS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037274892     PISSN: 09691855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/apj.5500110209     Document Type: Article

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