Table 1
Flow pattern classification for horizontal pipes used in this work. Adapted from Inoue et al. (2013) [49].
| Pattern | Representation in the literature |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| França and Lahey (1992) | Zhang et al. (2003) | Thomas (2004) | Fan (2005) | |
| Segregated Flow (SG)* | Stratified-smooth flow | Stratified flow | Stratified smooth | Stratified-smooth flow |
| Stratified-wavy flow | – | – | Stratified-wavy flow | |
| Intermittent Flow (IT) | Plug flow | Slug flow | Slug flow | Slug flow |
| Slug flow | – | – | – | |
| Bubbly Flow (BF) | – | Dispersed bubble flow | Dispersed bubble flow | Bubble flow |