Gas displacing liquids from tubes: High capillary number flow of a power law liquid including inertia effects

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2969-2982

  Polynkin, A ^a   Pittman, J F T ^a   Sienz, J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble; Fluid mechanics; Inertia effects; Non Newtonian fluids; Numerical analysis; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

POWER LAW LIQUID; SHEAR THINNING; STEADY RATE;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BUBBLE; DISPLACEMENT; GAS; INERTIA; LIQUID; POWER LAW FLUID;

EID: 3042664715     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.04.029     Document Type: Article

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