Measurement of void fraction and pressure drop of air-oil two-phase flow in horizontal pipes

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Pawloski, J L ^a   Ching, C Y ^a   Shoukri, M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPACITANCE SENSORS; FLOW REGIMES; TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARIES; VOID FRACTIONS;

PRESSURE DROP;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPE; PRESSURE DROP; VOID FRACTION;

EID: 1642414598     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1619429     Document Type: Article

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