Method for calculating the void fraction and relative length of bubbles under slug flow conditions in capillaries

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-101

  Abiev, R Sh ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDEDNESS; CALCULATION METHODS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; LIQUID SLUG; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; RELATIVE LENGTH; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE; SLUG FLOW; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION; WEBER NUMBERS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; GASES; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 77649255477     PISSN: 00405795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0040579510010112     Document Type: Article

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