Gas-liquid two-phase flow division at a micro-T-junction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3986-3993

  Azzi, A ^a   Al Attiyah, A ^a   Qi, Liu ^a   Cheema, W ^a   Azzopardi, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas liquid; Horizontal; Micro T junction; Phase split

Indexed keywords

GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE SPLITS; T JUNCTIONS;

FLOW PATTERNS; GASES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77953133755     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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