Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid slug flow along vertical pipes in the laminar regime-experimental and simulation study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3794-3809

  Mayor, T S ^a   Pinto, A M F R ^a   Campos, J B L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW;

BUBBLE VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; TURBULENT REGIME;

PIPE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 34250019374     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0609923     Document Type: Article

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