Visualisation of gas-oil two-phase flows in pressurised pipes using electrical capacitance tomography

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Gamio, J C ^a   Castro, J ^a   Rivera, L ^a   Alamilla, J ^a   Garcia Nocetti, F ^b   Aguilar, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capacitance tomography; Flow regime; Flow visualisation; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PIPE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ECT); GAS-OIL TWO-PHASE FLOW; IMAGING MIXTURES; TAITLEL-DUCKLER FLOW MAP;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 19544394053     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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