Measurement technique of bubble velocity and diameter in a bubble column via single-tip optical-fiber probing with judgment of the pierced position and angle

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-104

  Mizushima, Yuki ^a   Sakamoto, Akihiro ^a   Saito, Takayuki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubbly flow; Computational ray tracing; Measurement accuracy; Piercing positions; Pre signal; Single tip optical fibre probe

Indexed keywords

PROBES; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BUBBLY FLOW; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; PRE-SIGNAL; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SINGLE-TIP OPTICAL FIBRE PROBES; THRESHOLD METHODS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84880513706     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.01.046     Document Type: Article

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