Flow patterns and pressure drop of ionic liquid-water two-phase flows in microchannels

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios ^a   Dore, Valentina ^a   Angeli, Panagiota ^a   Plechkova, Natalia V ^b   Seddon, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Ionic liquids; Liquid liquid; Micro fluidics; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GLASS MICROCHANNELS; HYDROPHOBIC IONIC LIQUID; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID VOLUME FRACTION; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE MIXTURES;

DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDICS; GLASS; MICROCHANNELS; PIPE FLOW; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84875601148     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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