Characteristics of air/water slug flow in an intermediate diameter pipe

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Azzopardi, B J ^a   Do, H K ^a   Azzi, A ^a,b   Hernandez Perez, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bubble velocity; Frequency; Gas liquid; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEIONIZED WATER; LIQUIDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VOID FRACTION;

BUBBLE VELOCITIES; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; FREQUENCY; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; SLUG FLOW; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84906821962     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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