Uniformity of gas and liquid two phases flowing through two microchannels in parallel

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 452-460

  Zhang, Lexiang ^a   Peng, Dongyue ^a   Lyu, Wenjun ^a   Xin, Feng ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation; Gas liquid flow; Numbering up; Parallel microchannels; Slug flow; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CORRELATION METHODS; GASES; LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS LIQUID FLOWS; NUMBERING UP; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; SLUG FLOW; UNIFORMITY;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84949117722     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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