Capacitance sensors for void-fraction measurements and flow-pattern identification in air-oil two-phase flow

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1153-1163

  Ahmed, Wael H ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air oil two phase flow; Capacitance sensors; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE SENSORS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY (PSD); RING-TYPE SENSORS; VOID FRACTION;

AIRFOILS; CAPACITANCE; FLOW PATTERNS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SENSORS;

EID: 33749511798     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.881390     Document Type: Article

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