Multiphase arterial spin labeling (ASL), which obtains the imaged slices with various postlabeling delays, allows for the noninvasive assessment of cerebral hemodynamics that cannot be adequately acquired by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. We describe the clinical usefulness of multiphase ASL in a patient with symptomatic carotid stenosis by comparison with SPECT at ...

A numerical method as well as a theoretical study of non-Darcy fluid flow through porous and fractured reservoirs is described. The non-Darcy behavior is handled in a three-dimensional, multiphase flow reservoir simulator, while the model formulation incorporates the Forchheimer equation for describing single-phase or multiphase non-Darcy flow and displacement. The non-Darcy flow through a frac...

We report the results of a study of multiphase flow in porous media. A Darcy's law for steady multiphase flow was investigated for both binary and ternary amphiphilic flow. Linear flux-forcing relationships satisfying Onsager reciprocity were shown to be a good approximation of the simulation data. The dependence of the relative permeability coefficients on water saturation was investigated and...

A mechanistic model was developed for predicting carbon dioxide corrosion rates of carbon steel pipes in multiphase flow conditions. The model incorporates the chemistry, thermodynamics of carbon dioxide dissolution, multiphase mass transfer, electrochemical kinetics on the metal surface and the presence of a corrosion product film. The predicted corrosion rates show good agreement with the exp...

In the context of this book, the term multiphase flow is used to refer to any fluid flow consisting of more than one phase or component. For brevity and because they are covered in other texts, we exclude those circumstances in which the components are well mixed above the molecular level. Consequently, the flows considered here have some level of phase or component separation at a scale well a...

We are starting publication of a series of featured articles entitled “Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics for Industrial Processes.” In this short Introduction we can only touch upon some of the important issues of industrial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of CFD for modern industries. Advanced technologies require powerful ...

It is well established that inlet flow characteristics may affect the performance of fluid handling systems considerably. This work focuses on the local flow analysis of a severe service control valve with a continuous resistance trim (CRT) operating under multiphase flow conditions and the effect of the inlet flow characteristics on the dispersed phase distribution within the trim and the valv...

The state-of-the-art for Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of boiling multiphase flows is reviewed, focussing on potential of available computational techniques, the level of current success for their applications to model several basic flow regimes (film, pool-nucleate and wall-nucleate boiling – FB, PNB and WNB, respectively). Then, we discuss multiphysics and multiscale nature of practical b...