Hydrodynamic characteristics of gas-liquid slug flow in a downward inclined pipe

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3605-3613

  Roitberg, Elena ^a   Shemer, Lev ^a   Barnea, Dvora ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bubble; Downward slug flow; Elongated bubble shape; Multiphase flow; Tomography; Visualization

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DATA PROCESSING; DETECTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GASES; LIQUID FILMS; MICROFLUIDICS; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION; WIRE;

APPLIED (CO); BUBBLE LENGTH; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW CONDITIONING; GAS FLOW RATES; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID SLUG LENGTH; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; SLUG FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURING; VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTIONS; WIRE MESH SENSOR;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 46049108715     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.04.034     Document Type: Article

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