Power law approximations to gas volume fraction and velocity profiles in low void fraction vertical gas - Liquid flows

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 271-283

  Lucas, G P ^a   Mishra, R ^a   Panayotopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas velocity; Volume fraction profiles

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GASES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

AIR-WATER FLOWS; FLOW CONDITIONS; GAS AXIAL VELOCITY; POWER LAW FUNCTIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

LIQUID FLOW; POWER LAW FLUID; SENSOR; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 6444220079     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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