Comparison between wire mesh sensor and gamma densitometry void measurements in two-phase flows

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sharaf, S ^a   Da Silva, M ^b,c   Hampel, U ^b   Zippe, C ^b   Beyer, M ^b   Azzopardi, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

capacitance; conductance; gamma densitometer; gas liquid flow; wire mesh sensor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DEIONIZED WATER; DENSITOMETERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; LIQUIDS; MESH GENERATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PIPE FLOW; VOID FRACTION; WIRE;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAMMA DENSITOMETRY; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; LIQUID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; WIRE-MESH SENSORS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 80052703418     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/10/104019     Document Type: Review

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