Characterisation of bubbles formed in a cylindrical T-shaped junction device

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 206-215

  Ben Abdelwahed, Mohamed Amine ^a   Wielhorski, Yanneck ^a   Bizet, Laurent ^a   Bréard, Joël ^a  

^a CNRS Université du havre   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble; Film; Lubrication; Multiphase flow; T junction; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; BUBBLE; JUNCTION DEVICES; PHASE FLOW; T JUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WETTING BEHAVIOUR;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; FILMS; LUBRICATION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 84861005278     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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