A computational fluid dynamics study on oil-in-water dispersion in vertical pipe flows

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-54

  Burlutskiy, Evgeniy ^a   Turangan, Cary Kenny ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Oil water flows; Two phase flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OIL SHALE; TURBULENCE MODELS; WALL FUNCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; K-E TURBULENCE MODEL; OIL WATER FLOW; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RATIO OF PRESSURES; REYNOLDS - AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84920718707     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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