Effects of gravity on cocurrent two-phase gas-liquid flows through packed columns

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Motil, Brian J ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^b   Kamotani, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; GAS-TO-LIQUID RATIOS; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE GAS-LIQUID FLOW;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84897825283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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