Evolution of the structure of a gas-liquid two-phase flow in a large vertical pipe

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 15-17 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1848-1861

  Prasser, Horst Michael ^a,b   Beyer, Matthias ^a   Carl, Helmar ^a   Gregor, Sabine ^a   Lucas, Dirk ^a   Pietruske, Heiko ^a   Schütz, Peter ^a   Weiss, Frank Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL SENSORS; COALESCENCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIPE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAS-LIQUID FLOW; SENSOR POSITION; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; VERTICAL PIPE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34547404128     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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