... housing and the incorporated stainless steel sieve are only wetted by the aqueous phase (see Fig. 7 ). Due to the enlarged dimensions of a few millimeters, not only surface and capillary forces but also gravitational forces assist the separation process, which leads to an effective phase separation...

...F. Sanchez-Silva; V. Hernandez-Perez; I. Carvajal-Mariscal; J. G. Barbosa-Saldaña; J. A. Cruz-Maya Novel experimental data for phase separation of air-water mixtures in horizontal 90 deg branched elbows are presented in this work. The branched elbows were formed by attaching a pipe to a 90 deg...

... explanation of why liquid film thickness is normally beyond the range of Van der Waals forces is given. two-phase flow bubbles channel flow pipe flow rarefied fluid dynamics phase separation swirling flow drops supersonic flow liquid films stratified flow turbulence flow simulation...

.... two-phase flow heating pressure drops phase separation liquid films heat transfer Annular two-phase flow is an area of active research because of its practical importance in a wide variety of applications in the chemical process and energy industries. From a scientific standpoint...