Particle image velocimetry for characterizing the flow structure of oil-water flow in horizontal and slightly inclined pipes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4332-4349

  Kumara, W A S ^a   Halvorsen, B M ^a   Melaaen, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interface; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Particle; Radiation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AXIAL VELOCITY; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CROSS-SECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION; DAMPING EFFECT; DEGREE OF MIXING; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; HOLD UP; INCLINED FLOW; INTERFACE; INTERFACE MIXING; INTERFACIAL MIXING; INTERFACIAL WAVES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LOCAL VELOCITY; MEAN VELOCITIES; MIXTURE VELOCITY; NON-INVASIVE; OIL WATER FLOW; OIL WATER INTERFACES; OUTLET PRESSURES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHASE FRACTIONS; PIPE WALLS; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; REYNOLDS STRESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOT MEAN SQUARED; SINGLE-BEAM; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TEST FLUIDS; TURBULENCE FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENCE PROFILE; VISCOUS OIL; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE; WATER CUTS;

FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MIXING; MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STAINLESS STEEL; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

VELOCITY;

EID: 77953135510     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.045     Document Type: Article

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