Effect of distributor on gas-liquid downward flow in Capillaries

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8406-8412

  Mogalicherla, Aswani K ^a   De, Mahuya ^a,b   Kunzru, Deepak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARY FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS;

BUBBLE VELOCITY; FLOW REGIMES; GAS-LIQUID DOWNWARD FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARY FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 37249035717     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070043p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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