Effect of liquid viscosity on flow patterns of gas-liquid two-phase flow in a horizontal pipe

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1277-1281

  Matsubara, Hiroaki ^a   Naito, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Gas liquid pipe flow; Liquid viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053275566     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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