Flow regime independent, high resolution multi-field modelling of near-horizontal gas-liquid flows in pipelines

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-46

  Bonizzi, M ^a   Andreussi, P ^a,b   Banerjee, S ^c  

^a TEA Sistemi SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GAS PIPELINES; GASES; MAPS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; TRANSIENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DEVELOPMENT LENGTHS; DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FIELD MODELLING; FIELD MODELS; FLOW PARAMETERS; FLOW REGIME MAPS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS LIQUIDS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL PIPES; MAGNITUDE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; SLUG FLOWS; SLUG FREQUENCIES; SOLUTION PROCEDURES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; WALL INTERACTIONS;

PIPELINES;

EID: 56549087760     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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