Flow regime transition for cocurrent gas-liquid flow in micro-channels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 578-586

  Wang, Xi ^a   Yong, Yumei ^a   Fan, Ping ^a   Yu, Gengzhi ^a   Yang, Chao ^a,b   Mao, Zai Sha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Gas liquid; Hydrodynamics; Interface; Microstructure; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; CHANNEL WALL; DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID PROPERTY; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; SLUG FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOWS; WETTING PROPERTY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FLOW PATTERNS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARALLEL FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEODISKS; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 83955163634     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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