Two- and three-phase horizontal slug flow simulations using an interface-capturing compositional approach

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 67, Issue S, 2014, Pages 85-91

  Pavlidis, Dimitrios ^a   Xie, Zhihua ^a   Percival, James R ^a   Gomes, Jefferson L M A ^b   Pain, Christopher C ^a   Matar, Omar K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implicit large eddy simulation; Interface capturing; Slug flow; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL SLUG FLOWS; INTERFACE CAPTURING; SLUG FLOW; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84909590421     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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