Equivalent water layer height (EWLH) measurement by a single-wire capacitance probe in gas-liquid flows

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 809-818

  Huang, Shanfang ^a   Zhang, Xiugang ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Lin, Zonghu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Equivalent water layer height (EWLH); Gas liquid flows; Interfacial velocity; Single wire capacitance probe

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; FLUIDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOID FRACTION; WIRE;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ANNULAR FLOWS; BUBBLE SIZES; DYNAMIC PROCESSES; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW PARAMETERS; GAS-LIQUID FLOWS; HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); HORIZONTAL PIPES; INTERFACIAL VELOCITIES; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MEASURING ACCURACY; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; STATIC PERFORMANCES; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATER SALINITY; WIRE CAPACITANCE;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 47749129223     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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