Improvement of Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry in bubbly flow measurements as applied to river characterization for kinetic turbines

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 919-929

  Birjandi, Amir Hossein ^a   Bibeau, Eric Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV); Air bubbles; Bubbly flow; Kinetic turbines; Renewable energy; River characterization; Spikes; Turbulence; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; AIR BUBBLES; BUBBLY FLOW; KINETIC TURBINES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SPIKES;

ACOUSTICS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINETICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RIVERS; TURBINES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 79960918738     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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