Backlight imaging tomography for slug flows in straight and helical tubes

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Murai, Yuichi ^a   Inaba, Kazumasa ^b   Takeda, Yasushi ^a   Yamamoto, Fujio ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Gas liquid two phase flow; Image processing; Slug flow; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES; RADIAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BACKLIGHT IMAGING TOMOGRAPHY; CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATION; SLUG FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES; RADIAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 35348890846     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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