Influence of the presence of an upstream annular liquid film on the wet gas flow measured by a Venturi in a downward vertical configuration

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Lupeau, A ^a   Platet, B ^b   Gajan, P ^b   Strzelecki, A ^b   Escande, J ^a   Couput, J P ^c  

^a GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Film thickness; Modelling; Venturi meter; Wet gas

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLOWMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; VOLUME FRACTION;

ANNULAR FLOW; VENTURI METER; WET GAS;

LIQUID FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLOWMETERS; LIQUID FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33847187721     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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