Effect of flow orientation on liquid-liquid slug flow in a capillary tube

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 436-446

  Biswas, Koushik Guha ^a   Patra, Rahul ^a   Das, Gargi ^a   Ray, Subhabrata ^a   Basu, Jayanta Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Image analysis; In situ toluene fraction; Liquid liquid slug flow; Plug frequency; Plug length; Slip ratio

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; PRESSURE DROP; TOLUENE;

ANNULAR FLOW PATTERN; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; PLUG FREQUENCY; PLUG LENGTH; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTIC; SLIP RATIO;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84908375039     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.09.122     Document Type: Article

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