Measurements of void fraction by an improved multi-channel conductance void meter

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 184, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 269-285

  Song, Chul Hwa ^a   Chung, Moon Ki ^a   No, Hee Cheon ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTICHANNEL CONDUCTANCE VOID METERS; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032474941     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(98)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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