Transition between stratified and non-stratified horizontal oil-water flows. Part II: Mechanism of drop formation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2929-2940

  Al Wahaibi, Talal ^a   Smith, Mujeeb ^b   Angeli, Panagiota ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop formation; Oil water stratified wavy flow; Onset of entrainment; Wave amplitude; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS;

OIL-WATER STRATIFIED WAVY FLOW; ONSET OF ENTRAINMENT; WAVE AMPLITUDE;

PIPE FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 34247489121     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.036     Document Type: Article

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