Air-lift pumps characteristics under two-phase flow conditions

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-98

  Kassab, Sadek Z ^a   Kandil, Hamdy A ^a   Warda, Hassan A ^a   Ahmed, Wael H ^b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air lift pumps; Two phase flow; Vertical pipe

Indexed keywords

AIR; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; DRILLING PLATFORMS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR INJECTIONS; AIR MASS FLOW RATES; CHURN FLOW REGIMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; LOW MAINTENANCES; NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PUMP CAPACITIES; PUMP RELIABILITIES; PUMPING APPLICATIONS; PUMPS OPERATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RISER PIPES; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERTICAL PIPE; VOLUMETRIC FLUXES;

PUMPS;

EID: 58149357238     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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