Liquid-liquid slug flow: Hydrodynamics and pressure drop

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-54

  Jovanović, Jovan ^a   Zhou, Wenya ^a   Rebrov, Evgeny V ^a   Nijhuis, T A ^a   Hessel, Volker ^a   Schouten, Jaap C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Liquid liquid slug flow; Mathematical modeling; Microstructure; Multiphase flow; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WALL; DISPERSED PHASE; DISPERSED PHASIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL/WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILM MODEL; FILM VELOCITY; FLOW RATIOS; INTERFACE PRESSURE; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; SLUG VELOCITY; THIN LIQUID FILM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TOLUENE;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 78149470435     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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