Phase separation of liquid-liquid two-phase flow at a T-junction

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-149

  Yang, L ^a,c   Azzopardi, B J ^a   Belghazi, A ^a   Nakanishi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ideal separation; Liquid liquid flow; Model; Separation efficiency; T junction

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; PIPE; SEPARATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

IDEAL SEPARATION; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; T-JUNCTION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; KEROSENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; PIPE; SEPARATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33645299074     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10589     Document Type: Article

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