Slug Flow

Slug Flow is a multiphase pipe-flow regime in which gas and liquid are transported as alternating, elongated liquid slugs and gas pockets, producing strongly intermittent phase distribution with pronounced fluctuations in pressure, velocity, and holdup along the conduit.

1.4K

Publications

64.3K

Citations

2.9K

Authors

771

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

382

Variants

Slug Flow Regime

Parents

Flow AssuranceMultiphase Flow

Children

Frictional LossesGas EntrainmentHydrostatic LossesInterfacial StructureLiquid HoldupMechanical SluggingSevere SluggingSlug BreakupSlug CoalescenceSlug Development

Publications

1.4K

Lagrangian numerical simulation of plug flow of cohesionless particles in a horizontal pipe

Yutaka Tsuji, Toshitsugu Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ishida · Powder Technology · 1992 · 2.1K citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computational Engineering +17

Flow in Curved Pipes

S. A. Berger, L. Talbot, L. S. Yao · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1983 · 1.2K citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Flow Visualization +11

Discrete particle simulation of bubble and slug formation in a two-dimensional gas-fluidised bed: A hard-sphere approach

B.P.B. Hoomans, J.A.M. Kuipers, W. J. Briels et al. · Chemical Engineering Science · 1996 · 1K citations · Full text

Engineering, Computational Engineering, Physics +17

A Model for Gas-Liquid Slug Flow in Horizontal and Near Horizontal Tubes

Abraham E. Dukler, M.G. Hubbard · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals · 1975 · 643 citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics +12

On transition in a pipe. Part 1. The origin of puffs and slugs and the flow in a turbulent slug

I. Wygnanski, F. H. Champagne · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1973 · 555 citations

Engineering, Physics, Aerodynamics +16

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Authors

2.9K

CS
Cem Sarica
University of Tulsa, United States
51 publications · 1.8K citations
23
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JP
James P. Brill
University of Tulsa, United States
27 publications · 1.7K citations
20
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DB
Dvora Barnea
Tel Aviv University, Israel
20 publications · 1.9K citations
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TJ
Thomas J. Hanratty
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
17 publications · 1.3K citations
16
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EP
Eduardo Pereyra
University of Tulsa, United States
23 publications · 530 citations
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Institutions

771

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Venues

International Journal of Multiphase Flow
159 publications · 9.6K citations
57
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Chemical Engineering Science
109 publications · 7.7K citations
45
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AIChE Journal
38 publications · 2.7K citations
29
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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
58 publications · 2.3K citations
26
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Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
ETFS · 43 publications · 1.3K citations
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