A numerical investigation of different parameters that affect the performance of a flow conditioner

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Erdal, A ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

FLOW CONDITIONER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW CONDITIONER; FLOWMETER;

FLOWMETERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345451533     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(97)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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