Experimental study on the transition in the velocity of individual Taylor bubbles in vertical upward co-current liquid flow

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 9 A, 2005, Pages 1103-1110

  Pinto, A M F R ^a   Pinheiro, M N Coelho ^b   Nogueira, S ^a,c   Ferreira, V D ^a   Campos, J B L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Slug flow regime; Taylor bubble velocity; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

CO-CURRENT LIQUIDS; TAYLOR BUBBLES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BUBBLE VELOCITY; SLUG FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 27144537175     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.03238     Document Type: Article

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