CFD and ERT investigations on two-phase flow regimes in vertical and horizontal tubes

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-311

  Parvareh, A ^a   Rahimi, M ^a   Alizadehdakhel, A ^a   Alsairafi, A A ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

CFD; ERT; Modeling; Two phase flow; VOF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS TO LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HORIZONTAL TUBES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; VERTICAL TUBE; VOLUME OF FLUID MODEL;

LIQUIDS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 75149167376     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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