An appraisal of liquid-liquid slug flow in different pipe orientations

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 661-671

  Mandal, T K ^a   Das, G ^b   Das, P K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Slug flow; Small diameter pipe; Undulated pipeline

Indexed keywords

GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; OPTICAL PROBE; PHASE FLOW; PIPE ORIENTATION; SLUG FLOW; SLUG FLOW PATTERNS; SMALL DIAMETER PIPE; TEST FLUIDS; UNDULATED PIPELINE; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

CONVEYING; FLOW PATTERNS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE; PIPELINES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955552435     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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