Flow characteristics and thickness measurement of liquid film falling around a horizontal tube;Régimes d'écoulement et mesure de l'épaisseur d'un film liquide ruisselant autour d'un tube horizontal

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1222-1231

  Louahlia Gualous, Hasna ^a   Baonga, Jean Bosco ^a   Panday, Prabodh Kumar ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLUORESCENCE; HYSTERESIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

FALLING LIQUID FILMS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

WATER;

FILM THICKNESS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLUID FILM; HYSTERESIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FILM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID; MASS; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942695721     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810611     Document Type: Article

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