Experimental study and computational fluid dynamics modeling of deposition of hydrate particles in a pipeline with turbulent water flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-765

  Balakin, B V ^a   Hoffmann, A C ^a   Kosinski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bed formation; CFD; Deposition; Flow assurance; Gas hydrate; Population balance

Indexed keywords

BED FORMATION; CFD; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW ASSURANCE; HYDRATE PARTICLES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POPULATION BALANCES; TURBULENT WATER FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650687938     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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