Two-phase annular flow in vertical pipes: A critical review of current research techniques and progress

Y Xue, C Stewart, D Kelly, D Campbell, M Gormley - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two-phase annular flow in vertical pipes is one of the most common and important flow
regimes in fluid mechanics, particularly in the field of building drainage systems where …

A review on multiphase underwater jets and plumes: Droplets, hydrodynamics, and chemistry

MC Boufadel, S Socolofsky, J Katz, D Yang… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Jets and plumes have been the focus of quantitative investigations since the mid‐1950s.
These investigations intensified following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which …

Comparison of flow dynamics of air-water flows with foam flows in vertical pipes

P Amani, S Hurter, V Rudolph, M Firouzi - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on investigating the dynamic behaviour of foam flows, including flow
regimes, their transitions and pressure profiles in relation to foam characteristics (foam …

Ultrasonic measurements of sand particle erosion in gas dominant multiphase churn flow in vertical pipes

M Parsi, RE Vieira, N Kesana, BS McLaury, SA Shirazi - Wear, 2015 - Elsevier
Solid particle erosion can result in major pipeline failures, economic losses and more
importantly safety and environmental issues. Erosion in multiphase flow is not widely …

[HTML][HTML] Study of bubbles entrapped into a gas-sheared liquid film

DB Hann, AV Cherdantsev, BJ Azzopardi - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The surface of a thick liquid film under strong gas shear is covered by large-scale
disturbance waves and small-scale ripples. Disruption of these ripples on top of disturbance …

Effect of salt and particles on the hydrodynamics of foam flows in relation to foam static characteristics

P Amani, M Firouzi - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Foam flows containing particles are present in many applications including mining,
wastewater treatment, environmental remediation of contaminants such as PFAS using foam …

Foam stability: The key to inhibiting slug generation in gas–liquid flow

P Zhang, D Guo, X Cao, X Li, W Xia, W Peng… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant-based foam drainage technology is a favored method of liquid accumulation
removal, and it has been demonstrated as an efficient way to improve gas production …

Modelling of upwards gas-liquid annular and churn flow with surfactants in vertical pipes

AT Van Nimwegen, LM Portela, R Henkes - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on our earlier experimental work on the effect of surfactants on air-water flow in
vertical pipes with internal diameters of 34 mm, 50 mm, and 80 mm, we create a mechanistic …

The effect of surfactants on vertical air/water flow for prevention of liquid loading

AT van Nimwegen, LM Portela, RA Henkes - SPE Journal, 2016 - onepetro.org
From field experience in the gas industry, it is known that injecting surfactants at the bottom
of a gas well can prevent liquid loading. To better understand how the selection of the …

The relation between the dynamic surface tension and the foaming behaviour in a sparger setup

D Kawale, AT Van Nimwegen, LM Portela… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, we relate the foam formation at a sparger with the dynamics of the surface
tension, represented by the surface tension reduction rate (R 1/2). In our experimental setup …