@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997196,
	  title     = {Slug Initiation Evaluation in Long Horizontal Channels Experimentally},
	  author    = {P. Adibi and  M. R. Ansari and  S. Jafari and  B. Habibpour and  E. Salimi},
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	  abstract     = {In this paper, the effect of gas and liquid superficial inlet velocities and for the first time the effect of liquid holdup on slug initiation position are studied experimentally. Empirical correlations are also presented based on the obtained results. The tests are conducted for three liquid holdups in a long horizontal channel with dimensions of 5cm10cm and 36m length. Usl and Usg rated as to 0.11m/s to 0.56m/s and 1.88m/s to 13m/s, respectively. The obtained results show that as αl=0.25, slug initiation position is increasing monotonically with Usl and Usg. During αl=0.50, slug initiation position is almost constant. For αl=0.75, slug initiation position is decreasing monotonically with Usl and Usg. In the case of equal void fraction of phases, generated slugs are weakly (low pressure). However, for the unequal void fraction of phases strong slugs (high pressure) are formed.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering},
	  volume    = {8},
	  number    = {1},
	  year      = {2014},
	  pages     = {65 - 71},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997196},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/85},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 85, 2014},
	}