Ultrasonic detection of moving interfaces in gas-liquid two-phase flow

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-366

  Murai, Yuichi ^a   Tasaka, Yuji ^a   Nambu, Yuichi ^a   Takeda, Yasushi ^a   Gonzalez A , S Roberto ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Doppler method; Gas liquid two phase flow; Interface; Multiphase flow; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER METHODS; DOPPLER TECHNIQUES; ECHO INTENSITY; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; INTERFACE; INTERFACE DETECTION; MOVING INTERFACE; PULSED ULTRASOUNDS; QUASI-STEADY; REFLECTED WAVES; SENSING PRINCIPLE; SHAPE AND SIZE; SLUG FLOW; SMOOTH INTERFACE; TIME OF FLIGHT; ULTRASONIC DETECTION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCATTERING; WIDE ANGLE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; DOPPLER EFFECT; GASES; LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77955843479     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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