TWO PHASE FLOW AND HEAT

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ABSTRACT
The simultaneous flow of two or more phases through a conduit where the phases interact at the
interface is termed multiphase flow. Although simultaneous flow of as many as four phases namely,
water, crude oil, gas and sand is not uncommon during oil exploration, flow of two phase mixtures is
the most common occurrence in industry. It covers a diverse range of flow phenomena involving
various combinations of phases like solid, liquid and gas. The presence of an interface varying over
space and time renders the hydrodynamics of two phase flow substantially different from single phase.
For example, two-phase flow in a fluidized bed can be differentiated from single phase flow of a fluid
through a packed bed of particles by considering the fact that in the former case, geometrical
arrangement of phase boundary (i.e. particle spacing) is function of fluid flow while in the second case,
the geometry is fixed.