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2 - Flow regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2013

Thomas J. Hanratty
Thomas J. Hanratty
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Need for a phenomenological understanding

The one-dimensional analysis and the correlations for frictional pressure drop and void fraction (presented in Chapter 1) have been widely used as a starting point for engineering designs. However, these correlations have the handicap that the structure of the phase boundaries is ignored. As a consequence, they often give results which are only a rough approximation and overlook phenomena which could be of first-order importance in understanding the behavior of a system.

It is now recognized that the central issue in developing a scientific approach to gas–liquid flows is the understanding of how the phases are distributed and of how the behavior of a multiphase system is related to this structure (Hanratty et al., 2003). Of particular interest is the finding that macroscopic behavior is dependent on small-scale interactions. An example of this dependence is that the presence of small amounts of high molecular weight polymers can change an annular flow into a stratified flow by damping interfacial waves (Al-Sarkhi & Hanratty, 2001a).

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Physics of Gas-Liquid Flows , pp. 27 - 57
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Print publication year: 2013

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  • Flow regimes
  • Thomas J. Hanratty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: Physics of Gas-Liquid Flows
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