Prediction of the transition from stratified to slug flow or roll-waves in gas-liquid horizontal pipes

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1001-1010

  Kadri, U ^a   Mudde, R F ^a   Oliemans, R V A ^a   Bonizzi, M ^b   Andreussi, P ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TEA Sistemi SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow regime transition; Gas liquid pipe flow; Roll waves; Slug flow; Waves

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; DOWNSTREAM WAVES; FIELD MODEL; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW EFFICIENCY; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID PIPE FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPE FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PIPE DIAMETER; ROLL-WAVES; SLUG FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOWS; WAVE CREST; WAVE TRANSITIONS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE FLOW;

PIPE;

EID: 70349120302     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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