Investigations of phase inversion and frictional pressure gradients in upward and downward oil-water flow in vertical pipes

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 930-939

  Xu, Jing yu ^a   Li, Dong hui ^a   Guo, Jun ^a   Wu, Ying xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Effective mixture viscosity; Frictional pressure gradient; Oil water vertical flow; Phase inversion

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSED PHASE; DOWNWARD FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; MIXTURE VELOCITY; MIXTURE VISCOSITY; OIL FRACTIONS; OIL WATER FLOW; OIL-WATER; PHASE INVERSION; THEORETICAL MODELS; UPWARD FLOW; VERTICAL FLOWS; VERTICAL PIPES; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; MIXTURES; PIPE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 77957804959     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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