Investigation of slug flow characteristics in the valley of a hilly-terrain pipeline

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-357

  Al Safran, E ^a   Sarica, C ^b   Zhang, H Q ^b   Brill, J ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b The University of Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Hilly terrain; Lower elbow; Slug initiation; Slug length distribution

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FLOW PATTERNS; PIPELINES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SLUG FLOW; SLUG INITIATION MECHANISM; STEADY-STATE FLOW; WAVE COALESCENCE;

STEADY FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIPELINE; SLUG FLOW;

EID: 13944257303     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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