A simple mechanism of bubble and slug formation in Taylor flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 997-1001

  Pohorecki, R ^a   Kula, K ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bubble and slug formation; Microchannels; Taylor flow

Indexed keywords

MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE AND SLUG FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LIQUID SLUGGING; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; T JUNCTIONS; TAYLOR FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 49549107997     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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