A comparative study of phase Doppler and laser diffraction techniques to investigate drop sizes in annular two-phase flow

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-143

  Zaidi, Sohail H ^a   Altunbas, A ^a   Azzopardi, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop sizes; Laser diffraction; Phase doppler

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS;

LASER DIFFRACTION; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIFFRACTION; DROPLET; LASER MEASUREMENT; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETER; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032477384     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(98)00125-9     Document Type: Article

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