Investigation of Postflooding Conditions in Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Flow

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 212-220

  Maharudrayya, S ^a   Jayanti, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER;

POSTFLOODING CONDITIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AIR; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WATER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0344442367     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480204     Document Type: Article

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