Influence of horizontal return bend on the two-phase flow pattern in a 6.9 mm diameter tube

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 478-484

  Chen, Ing Youn ^b   Yang, Yung Wei ^b   Wang, Chi Chung ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Return bend; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; PIPE FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; MASS FLUX;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BEND; FLOW PATTERN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW RATE; GAS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0142160061     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800317     Document Type: Article

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