Test section length: 0.60 m Inner diameter: 6-9 mm Inclination: 0 to +90 degrees from horizontal position Test section material: Glass Pressure: Atmospheric Temperature: Ambient Fluids: air and various liquids
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1. Phase separator 2. Porous wall section 3. Glass test tube 4. Rotating support 5. Liquid storage tank |
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Applications: - Study of counter-current air/liquid flow characteristics: pressure drop liquid film characteristics - liquid holdup local wall shear stress flooding velocities - Study of free falling film characteristics - Flow visualisation experiments |
Instrumentation: - High speed video camera for flow visualisation and film thickness measurements - Differential pressure transducers - Electrochemical probes for wall shear stress measurements |