Frequency and development of slugs in a horizontal pipe at large liquid flows

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 902-925

  Woods, Bennett D ^a   Fan, Zhongliang ^a   Hanratty, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air water; Frequency; High liquid flow; Length distribution; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR-WATER; LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; ROLL WAVES; SLUG FLOW;

PIPE FLOW;

COALESCENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; RANDOM PROCESSES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33746861564     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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