The hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid upflow through a venturimeter

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1119-1129

  Jana, Arun Kumar ^a,b   Das, Gargi ^a   Das, Prasanta Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PIPE FLOW; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

DOWNSTREAM; FLOW-PATTERN; INTRINSIC DIFFERENCES; LIQUID PHASES; MASS FLOW RATES; MULTI-RESOLUTION ANALYSES; OPTICAL PROBES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RANDOM PROBES; VENTURI; VENTURIMETER; VERTICAL PIPES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 54449088497     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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