Film thickness measurements in liquid-liquid slug flow regimes

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 515-523

  Mac Giolla Eain, Marc ^a   Egan, Vanessa ^a   Punch, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Film thickness; Liquid liquid flow; Multiphase flow; Slug flow; Slug length

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DROPLETS; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; SLUG FLOW; SLUG LENGTH; SMALL SCALE DEVICES; THICKNESS OF THE FILM;

CAPILLARITY; FILM THICKNESS; FLUID MECHANICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84888438836     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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