Numerical modeling of slug flow in curved tubes

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kumar, Vimal ^a   Vashisth, Subhashini ^a   Hoarao, Yannick ^b   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CFD; Curved tube; Slug flow; Two phase

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLUIDS; FREE VOLUME; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

3D MODELS; CFD; CURVED TUBE; CURVED TUBES; FLOW REVERSALS; FLUID CONDITIONS; LIQUID SLUGS; MODEL GEOMETRIES; NUMERICAL MODELING; PREMIXED; SLUG FLOW; SLUG FLOWS; TAYLOR FLOWS; TWO-PHASE; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WALL SURFACES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 56349160769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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