Void fraction measurement and signal analysis from multiple-electrode impedance sensors

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 924-935

  Rocha, M S ^a   Simoes Moreira J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TUBES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; METALLIZING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHOTORESISTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR/WATER TWO PHASE FLOW; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; FLOW PARAMETERS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; NON UNIFORM CROSS SECTION; PHASE SHIFTING; POST TREATMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SENSOR SIGNALS; SIGNAL GENERATION; SIGNAL SENSITIVITY; STATIC CALIBRATION; TEST SECTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW HEAT TRANSFER; TWO-PHASE FLOW (2PF); VERTICAL FLOW (VF); VERTICAL TUBES; VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTIONS; VOID-FRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 47749128095     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630802186015     Document Type: Article

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