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Publication Date:
July 2010
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1542-6580
DOI:
10.2202/1542-6580.2353

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Gas-Newtonian and Gas-Non-Newtonian Slug Flow in Vertical Pipe, Part I: Gas Holdup Characteristics

Subrata Kumar Majumder1 / Sandip Ghosh2 / Arun Kumar Mitra3 / Gautam Kundu4

1Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, rsmaju@yahoo.com

2Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

3Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

4Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, gk@che.iitkgp.ernet.in

Citation Information: International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1542-6580, DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.2353, July 2010

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Published Online:
2010-07-14

Studies on two-phase gas-liquid co-current flow with non-Newtonian liquid system has attracted the attention of researchers over the years due to its wide-spread applications and importance in various different processes in chemical and biochemical industries, such as the process of two-phase in oil and gas wells, transportation systems of crude and refined products, and food processing in biochemical engineering and bio-reactors. This article examines the sole objective of experimental studies on gas holdup in Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid slug flow within a range of gas and liquid flowrate of 0.5×10-4 to 1.92×10-4 m3/s and 1.6×10-4 to 6.7×10-4 m3/s, respectively. The present data was analyzed with different models. To predict gas holdup, correlations have been developed for individual system with Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid. A general correlation was also developed to predict the gas holdup combing both the Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid systems. The study of the gas holdup characteristics in gas-Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid systems may give insight into a further understanding and modeling of this slug flow characteristics in industrial applications.

Keywords: hydrodynamics; two-phase; Newtonian; non-Newtonian; slug flow; gas holdup

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