CFD simulation of bubbly two-phase flow in horizontal pipes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-288

  Ekambara, K ^a   Sanders, R S ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a   Masliyah, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow pattern; Horizontal pipes; Population balance; Two phase flows

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; FLOWMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; GASES; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIPE; PIPELINES; POPULATION STATISTICS; TITRATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION; VOLUME FRACTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUBBLE SIZES; BUBBLY FLOWS; CFD; CFD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW PROFILING; GAS SUPERFICIAL; GAS VOLUME FRACTION; GAS-FLOW RATES; HORIZONTAL PIPES; INTERFACIAL VELOCITIES; INTERNAL PHASE; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LOCAL VOID FRACTION; MEAN VELOCITIES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PIPE WALLS; POPULATION BALANCE; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL; POPULATION BALANCING; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; UNIFOR M DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY FIELDS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 52149110580     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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