Mass flow rate measurements in gas-liquid flows by means of a venturi or orifice plate coupled to a void fraction sensor

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Oliveira, Jorge Luiz Goes ^a   Passos, Júlio César ^a   Verschaeren, Ruud ^b   Geld, Cees van der ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Orifice plate; Pressure drop; Two phase flow; Venturi; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ORIFICES; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; FLOW DIRECTIONS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS MASS FLOWS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; MASS FLOW RATE MEASUREMENTS; MASS FLOW RATES; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; OPERATION RANGES; ORIFICE PLATE; PHASE MIXTURES; RMS DEVIATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SLIP RATIOS; SLUG FLOW PATTERNS; VENTURI; VERTICAL FLOWS; VOID FRACTION SENSORS; WATER FLOW RATES; ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITIES;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 58149291875     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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