Quantitative criteria to define flow patterns in micro-capillaries

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 882-890

  Dessimoz, Anne Laure ^a   Raspail, Pauline ^a   Berguerand, Charline ^a   Kiwi Minsker, Lioubov ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dimensionless number; Flow pattern; Hydrodynamics; Intensification; Microstructure; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CROSS SECTION SHAPE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; GAS-LIQUID REACTION; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INTENSIFICATION; LIQUID PHASE PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 78049303006     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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