Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements of liquid film thickness in annular flow. Part II: Analysis and comparison to models

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 825-835

  Schubring, D ^a,b   Shedd, T A ^b   Hurlburt, E T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BETTIS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Film thickness; Fluorescence; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; ANNULAR FLOW; ANNULAR FLOWS; DETAILED MODELS; DISTURBANCE WAVES; FILM ROUGHNESS; FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; INTERFACIAL SHEAR; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID FLOW RATES; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PRESSURE LOSS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

FLUORESCENCE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIQUID FILMS;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 77955518757     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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