Effect of tube diameter on two-phase flow patterns in mini tubes

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 936-944

  Venkatesan, M ^a   Das, Sarit K ^a   Balakrishnan, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Air water system; Circular micro tubes; Flow maps; Flow patterns; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEM; ANNULAR FLOWS; CIRCULAR TUBES; CMOS CAMERA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW MAPS; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; HIGH-SPEED; INNER DIAMETERS; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; MICRO-TUBES; MINI TUBES; TUBE DIAMETERS; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS;

AIR; LIQUIDS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; WATERWORKS;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 78649436827     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20410     Document Type: Article

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