A gas-liquid flowmeter combining vertical and horizontal pressure fluctuations induced by local void fraction variations

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Toma, P ^a   Ridley, R ^a   Chen, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OSCILLATIONS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GAS-LIQUID FLOWMETER; VOID FRACTION;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0037355547     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1514214     Document Type: Article

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