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Flooding in inclined pipes — Effect of entrance section
Author(s) -
Barnea D.,
Yoseph N. Ben,
Taitel Y.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450640202
Subject(s) - countercurrent exchange , flooding (psychology) , mechanics , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , petroleum engineering , flow (mathematics) , range (aeronautics) , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , composite material , psychotherapist , psychology
Flooding in countercurrent flow of air and water in inclined tubes has been investigated. Data on flooding inception in the whole range of inclinations have been collected and predictive models for calculating the flooding conditions as a function of the flow rates and pipe inclination were proposed. Special attention is placed on the effect of the liquid injection mode. It has been shown that the porous injection system causes a local disturbance and enhances flooding at relatively shallow inclinations and high liquid flow rates.