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The parameters of slug flow in small-diameter tubes under bubbling conditions

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We present the results from an experimental investigation of slug flow in a vertical tube having an inner diameter of 21 mm in a bubbling mode. The obtained parameters of the slug flow are presented, including the timing weight of slugs, the void fraction in the slug passage stage and in plugs, slug repetition frequency, slug and plug lengths, and others.

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  1. Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, P.O.B. 6091, Damascus, Syria

    Kh. Omar

  2. Moscow Institute of Engineering Physics (MIFI), Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    Yu. E. Pokhvalov

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Original Russian Text © Kh. Omar, Yu.E. Pokhvalov, 2007, published in Teploenergetika.

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Omar, K., Pokhvalov, Y.E. The parameters of slug flow in small-diameter tubes under bubbling conditions. Therm. Eng. 54, 61–64 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601507010107

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