An investigation of void fraction in liquid slugs for horizontal and inclined gas—liquid pipe flow
Authors:
P. Andreussi and K. Bendiksen
Affiliation:
a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Università di Pisa, Via Diotisalvi 2, 56100, Pisa, Italia
b Institute for Energy Technology, 2007, Kjeller, Norway
Abstract:
The void fraction in liquid slugs has been determined for air—water fiow in horizontal and near-horizontal pipes by a newly-developed conductance probe technique. A semi-empirical correlation has been developed and compared with the present measurements and available data. This correlation predicts reasonably well the observed effects of diameter, inclination and physical properties.