Air-water two-phase flow measurement using a Venturi meter and an electrical resistance tomography sensor

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-276

  Meng, Zhenzhen ^a   Huang, Zhiyao ^a   Wang, Baoliang ^a   Ji, Haifeng ^a   Li, Haiqing ^a   Yan, Yong ^b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography sensor; Flowrate measurement; Two phase flow; Venturi meter

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER FLOW; AIR-WATER TWO-PHASE FLOW; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MASS FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT PROCESS; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; PATTERN INFORMATION; REALTIME FLOWS; REGRESSION METHOD; VENTURI METERS; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT;

AIR; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOWMETERS; MEASUREMENTS; SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOID FRACTION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 77955844704     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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