Surfactant use for slug flow pattern suppression in a horizontal pipe

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1773-1779

  Wilkens, R J ^a   Rosebrock, G J ^a   Storage, K M ^a   Glassmeyer, S R ^b   Storage, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow pattern map; Flow pattern suppression; Flow patterns; Slug flow; Surfactant drag reduction

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FLOW RATES; INTERMITTENT FLOW; SLUG FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

PIPE FLOW;

EID: 0347534117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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