A new method of entrainment fraction measurement in annular gas-liquid flow in a small diameter vertical tube

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Han, Huawei ^a   Gabriel, Kamiel S ^a   Wang, Zhaolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Entrainment data; Entrainment fraction; Separator; Titration

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; PRESSURE; SEPARATORS; TITRATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

ANNULAR FLOW; ENTRAINMENT DATA; ENTRAINMENT FRACTION; GAS-LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID-GAS SEPARATOR;

PIPE FLOW;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE; SEPARATORS; TITRATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 34247614485     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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