Gas entrainment by a liquid film falling around a stationary Taylor bubble in a vertical tube

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Kockx, J P ^a   Nieuwstadt, F T M ^a   Oliemans, R V A ^a,b   Delfos, R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Kramers Lab V Fysische Technologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Laser induced fluorescence; Liquid film; Slug flow; Taylor bubble; Wave height

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAS ENTRAINMENT; LIQUID FILMS; TAYLOR BUBBLES;

GASES;

BUBBLE; ENTRAINMENT; LIQUID FILM; SLUG FLOW;

EID: 10444222585     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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