Water holdup measurement in kerosene-water two-phase flows

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3784-3794

  Huang, S F ^a   Zhang, X G ^a   Wang, D ^a   Lin, Z H ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capacitance probe; Intrusive method; Oil water two phase flow; Water holdup; Water layer thickness

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; KEROSENE; PIPE FLOW; WATER;

CAPACITANCE PROBE; INTRUSIVE METHOD; OIL-WATER TWO-PHASE FLOW; WATER HOLDUP; WATER LAYER THICKNESS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; KEROSENE; PIPE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

EID: 36148965197     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/12/013     Document Type: Article

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