Dispersed oi1-water-gas flow through a horizontal Pipe

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1090-1102

  Piela, K ^a   Delfos, R ^a   Ooms, G ^a   Westerweel, J ^a   Oliemans, R V A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble sizes; Dispersed flow; Horizontal pipe; Oi1 water gas flow; Phase inversion

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZES; DISPERSED FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPE; OI1-WATER-GAS FLOW; PHASE INVERSION;

AERODYNAMICS; DROPS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; PIPE; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

GASES;

EID: 66649123165     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11742     Document Type: Article

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