Optimisation of four-sensor probes for measuring bubble velocity components in bubbly air-water and oil-water flows

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-63

  Lucas, Gary ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Pradhan, Suman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble velocity vector; Optimised four sensor probe

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; BUBBLE VELOCITY COMPONENTS; BUBBLY FLOW; BUBBLY TWO-PHASE FLOW; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CONDUCTANCE PROBE; CONDUCTANCE SENSOR; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSED BUBBLES; FOUR-SENSOR PROBES; GAS BUBBLE; GEOMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS; LEAD SENSORS; OIL WATER FLOW; OIL-IN-WATER; OPTIMISATIONS; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PROBE CALIBRATION; REAR SENSORS; SENSOR SIGNALS; TIME INTERVAL; VELOCITY VECTORS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SENSOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TWO PHASE FLOW; VECTORS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

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EID: 78751705006     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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