Optimization of helical capacitance sensor for void fraction measurement of gas-liquid two-phase flow in a small diameter tube

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2189-2196

  Ye, Jiamin ^a   Peng, Lihui ^a   Wang, Weirong ^b,c   Zhou, Wenxing ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Astronaut Research and Training Center   (China)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method (FEM); gas liquid two phase flow; helical capacitance sensor; orthogonal array testing; void fraction

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE SENSORS; CAPACITANCE VALUES; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HELICAL CAPACITANCE SENSOR; OPTIMAL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZED SENSORS; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; SMALL DIAMETER TUBE; TESTING STRATEGIES; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT; VOID FRACTION OF GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW;

CAPACITANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUIDS; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 80051770635     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2116115     Document Type: Article

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