Foam flowing vertically upwards in pipes through expansions and contractions

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 802-811

  Li, Xueliang ^a   Wang, Xinting ^a   Evans, Geoffrey M ^a   Stevenson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contraction; Drift flux; Expansion; Liquid fraction; Pneumatic foam

Indexed keywords

DRIFT-FLUX; FLOW AREA; FOAM FRACTIONATION; IN-PIPE; LIQUID FRACTION; NEW YORK; OPTIMISATIONS; OVER-FLOW; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE; SUDDEN CONTRACTION; SUDDEN EXPANSION;

EXPANSION; FLOW RATE; GRADIENT METHODS; PNEUMATICS; SODIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79959522595     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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