Turbulent flow of hydrates in a pipeline of complex configuration

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5007-5017

  Balakin, B V ^a   Hoffmann, A C ^a   Kosinski, P ^a   Høiland, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apparent viscosity; CFD; Gas hydrate; Numerical simulation; Pressure gradient; Slurry flow

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX CONFIGURATION; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; HYDRATE PHASE; ISOKINETIC SAMPLING; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SLURRY FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; PIPE FLOW; PIPELINES; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77954620943     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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