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• The term NGV NL 0.38<br />

ND 2.14<br />

is used with the second graph to obtain ψ, where ψ is a<br />

second correlating parameter.<br />

•<br />

The term NLV<br />

to obtain the term<br />

P 0.1 CNL<br />

0.575<br />

NGV<br />

PSC ND<br />

25<br />

is used in association with the third graph<br />

HL<br />

ψ which yields the liquid holdup.<br />

These graphs have been tabulated and are presented in Table 3.1.<br />

Table 3.1: Correlating Functions of Hagedorn and Brown (1965).<br />

GRAPH 1 GRAPH 2 GRAPH 3<br />

N L CN L NGV NL 0.38<br />

ND 2.14<br />

ψ NLV P 0.1 CNL<br />

0.575<br />

NGV<br />

PSC ND<br />

.002 .0019 .010 1.00 0.2 .04<br />

.005 .0022 .020 1.10 0.5 .09<br />

.010 .0024 .025 1.23 1. .15<br />

.020 .0028 .030 1.40 2. .18<br />

.030 .0033 .035 1.53 5. .25<br />

.060 .0047 .040 1.60 10. .34<br />

.100 .0064 .045 1.65 20. .44<br />

.150 .0080 .050 1.68 50. .65<br />

.200 .0090 .060 1.74 100. .82<br />

.400 .0115 .070 1.78 200. .92<br />

--- --- .080 1.80 300. .96<br />

--- --- .090 1.83 1000. 1.00<br />

Having obtained the correlated value for liquid holdup, the pressure gradient due to<br />

hydrostatic head is simply<br />

dP g<br />

=<br />

dZ HH gC ρL HL + ρG HG = g<br />

gC ρS<br />

HL<br />

ψ<br />

(3.30)<br />

In determining the friction component, Hagedorn and Brown (1965) elected to<br />

correlate a two-phase friction factor with a two-phase Reynold's number using the standard<br />

Moody diagram. The two-phase Reynold's number, as defined by Hagedorn and Brown<br />

(1965), is

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