Experimental characterization of single and two-phase flow through nickel foams

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4186-4195

  Gerbaux, Odile ^a   Vercueil, Thibaut ^a   Memponteil, Alain ^a   Bador, Bruno ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Foam; Hydrodynamics; Multi phase flow; Nickel foam; Parameter identification; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BRINKMAN EQUATION; DARCY-FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLOW RANGES; GASPHASE; IN-LINE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU COMPRESSION; INERTIAL COEFFICIENTS; INERTIAL EFFECT; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; METALLIC FOAM; MULTI-PHASE FLOW; NICKEL FOAM; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION; PASSABILITY; PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENTS; PHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIA; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOWS;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 68049132847     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.06.056     Document Type: Article

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