Flow pattern and pressure drop of upward two-phase flow in vertical capillaries

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Liu, Dingsheng ^a,b   Wang, Shudong ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE DROP;

FLOW PATTERN MAPS; FLOW-PATTERN TRANSITION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 38349134327     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070901h     Document Type: Article

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