Counter-current gas-liquid flow and incipient flooding in inclined small diameter tubes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3966-3978

  Pantzali, M N ^a   Mouza, A A ^a   Paras, S V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Counter current gas liquid flow; Flooding; Free flowing liquid layer; Liquid properties; Small diameter inclined tube

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VIDEO RECORDING;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ELECTRODIFFUSION; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAST VIDEO; FLOODING MECHANISM; FREE FLOWING; GAS LIQUID TWO PHASE FLOWS; GAS PHASE; GAS-LIQUID FLOWS; INCLINATION ANGLES; INCLINED TUBES; LAYER THICKNESSES; LIQUID LAYER THICKNESS; LIQUID LAYERS; LIQUID PROPERTIES; SMALL DIAMETER; STATISTICAL QUANTITIES; WALL SHEAR STRESS (WSS); WIDE-RANGE;

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 46749093714     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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