Measurement of the liquid film thickness in micro tube slug flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 842-853

  Han, Youngbae ^a   Shikazono, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid film thickness; Micro tube; Slug flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE LENGTH; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CIRCULAR TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; FLOW REGIMES; INERTIA FORCE; LASER FOCUS DISPLACEMENT METER; LIQUID SLUG LENGTH; MICRO TUBE; MICRO-TUBES; MINIMUM VALUE; SLUG FLOW; THIN LIQUID FILM; TUBE WALLS; VAPOR BUBBLE; WEBER NUMBERS; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; ETHANOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; MAGNETIC FILMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 70249094665     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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