Optical measurement of void fraction and bubble size distributions in a microchannel

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006

Volumn 2006 B, Issue , 2006, Pages 1089-1095

  Ide, Hideo ^a   Kimura, Ryuji ^a   Kawaji, Masahiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTODIODES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CIRCULAR MICROCHANNELS; INFRARED PHOTODIODES; RING-FILM PROPAGATION; VOID FRACTION;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 33846993415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icnmm2006-96100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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