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Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes with Different Orientations

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This chapter first presents parametric analysis of the pressure drop and then provides a brief review of the modeling techniques for determination of the pressure drop and recommendation of top-performing pressure drop correlations, followed by an illustrative example.

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Ghajar, A.J. (2020). Pressure Drop. In: Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes with Different Orientations. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41626-3_5

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