A critical review of advanced experimental techniques to measure two-phase gas/liquid flow

Open Fuels and Energy Science Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 54-70

  Rahman, M A ^a   Heidrick, T ^a   Fleck, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced experimental techniques; Bubble size; Flow map; Pressure drop; Two phase gas liquid flow; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; BUBBLE SIZE; CRITICAL REVIEW; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLOW MAP; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW SITUATION; FLOW VOIDS; PROPER DESIGN; RELATIVE MOVEMENT; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TWO PHASIS; VARIABLE INTERACTION;

ATOMIZATION; COMPLEXATION; FLOW PATTERNS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; JETS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77954737478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1876973X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876973X00902010054     Document Type: Article

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