Transient drift flux modelling of severe slugging in pipeline-riser systems

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-37

  Malekzadeh, R ^a   Belfroid, S P C ^b   Mudde, R F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drift flux model; Gas liquid flow; Pipeline riser systems; Severe slugging; Transient simulation

Indexed keywords

DRIFT FLUX; DRIFT FLUX MODELLING; DRIFT-FLUX MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW PARAMETERS; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; MOMENTUM BALANCE EQUATIONS; MULTI-PHASE FLOW SYSTEMS; PIPELINE SEGMENTS; SEVERE SLUGGING; SLIP MODEL; TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

MARINE RISERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

PIPELINES;

EID: 84863430627     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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