Two Phase Flow Regime Determination

Important Notice:
 
bulletThe two phase flow regime determination procedure presented here applies to steady-state, isothermal two phase pipe flow of incompressible Newtonian fluids. The procedure is based on Baker's flow regime maps.
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Gas / Vapor Flowrate
  Mass Basis
Volume Basis
Superficial Velocity Basis
Mass Velocity Basis

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Gas / Vapor Physical Properties
  Density

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Liquid Flowrate
  Mass Basis
Volume Basis
Superficial Velocity Basis
Mass Velocity Basis

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Liquid Physical Properties
  Density
Viscosity
Surface Tension

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Piping
Diameter Nominal, inches (1) Schedule(3)
Inside / equivalent

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Report:

Flow regime and include

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Notes:

  1. Not required if both vapor and liquid flowrates are specified in terms of mass velocity.
  2. For commercial steel pipes only.
  3. The schedule list is all inclusive. Hence, some of the pipe schedules shown are not available for every nominal pipe size. If you select an invalid nominal pipe size and schedule combination, the server will return a list showing which schedules are available for the nominal pipe size you specified. We apologize for this awkward behavior but it is due to current HTML and browser technology limitations.

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