Effect of surfactant additives on co-current gas-liquid downflow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4605-4616

  Lioumbas, J S ^a   Mouza, A A ^a   Paras, S V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Inclined pipe; LDA; Stratified flow; Surfactant; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; INCLINED PIPES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); STRATIFIED FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646804527     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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