Quality check of wire-mesh sensor measurements in a vertical air/water flow

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-520

  Beyer, Matthias ^a   Lucas, Dirk ^a   Kussin, Johannes ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accuracy check; Bubble size distribution; Bubbly flow; Drift velocity; Multiphase flow; Wire mesh sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY CHECK; BREAK-UP; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUBBLY FLOW; CFD-CODES; DRIFT VELOCITIES; EXPECTED VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GAS INJECTION; GAS VOLUME FRACTION; GASPHASE; GLOBAL DEVIATION; HIGH QUALITY; QUALITY CHECKS; RADIAL PROFILES; SENSOR DATA; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TEST MATRIX;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VOID FRACTION; WIRE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78349311537     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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