Miniature conductivity wire-mesh sensor for gas-liquid two-phase flow measurement

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Hampel, U ^a   Otahal, J ^b   Boden, S ^a   Beyer, M ^a   Schleicher, E ^a   Zimmermann, W ^a   Jicha, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Effervescent atomizer; Two phase flow; Wire mesh sensor; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLOWMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIPE FLOW; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SENSORS; STAINLESS STEEL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BIPOLAR VOLTAGE PULSES; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CROSS SECTIONS; EFFERVESCENT ATOMIZER; ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOWS; FLOW CHANNELS; GAS FRACTIONS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOWS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXING CHAMBERS; NEW DESIGNS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TECHNOLOGIES; SENSOR DATUMS; SENSOR DESIGNS; SMALL CHANNELS; STAINLESS STEEL WIRES; WIRE ELECTRODES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

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EID: 58149163290     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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