Gravitational effect on Taylor flow in horizontal microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 553-564

  Leung, Sharon S Y ^a   Gupta, Raghvendra ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Haynes, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bond number; Bubble asymmetry; Drainage; Gravity; Slug flow; Two phase

Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBERS; BUBBLE ASYMMETRY; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; DRAINAGE VELOCITY; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HORIZONTAL TUBES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LAMINAR FILM CONDENSATION; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; NONDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SLUG FLOW; TAYLOR FLOW; TWO-PHASE;

CALCIUM; DRAINAGE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 83955163625     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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