A double-sensor probe was used to measure local interfacial parameters of a gas-liquid bubbly flow in a horizontal tube. The parameters included void fraction, interfacial concentration, bubble size distribution, bubb...A double-sensor probe was used to measure local interfacial parameters of a gas-liquid bubbly flow in a horizontal tube. The parameters included void fraction, interfacial concentration, bubble size distribution, bubble frequency and bubble interface velocity. The authors paid special attention to the probe design and construction for minimizing measurement errors. Measures were also taken in the design of sensor ends for preventing corrosions in the flow. This is an effort to improve the current double-sensor probe technique to meet the ever-increasing needs to local parameter measurements in gas-liquid two-phase flows.展开更多
Radial distribution of vapor local parameters, including local void fraction, interfacial velocity, bubblesize, bubble frequency and interfacial area concentration, are investigated through the measurement in an upwar...Radial distribution of vapor local parameters, including local void fraction, interfacial velocity, bubblesize, bubble frequency and interfacial area concentration, are investigated through the measurement in an upwardboiling tube using dual-sensor optical probe. In addition, a new local parameter -"local bubble number concentra-tion" is developed on the basis of bubble frequency. The analysis shows that this parameter can reflect bubble numberdensity in space, and has clear physical meaning.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.59876032)and the Doctorate Foundation of Xi'an Jiaotong University(DFXJU-17).
文摘A double-sensor probe was used to measure local interfacial parameters of a gas-liquid bubbly flow in a horizontal tube. The parameters included void fraction, interfacial concentration, bubble size distribution, bubble frequency and bubble interface velocity. The authors paid special attention to the probe design and construction for minimizing measurement errors. Measures were also taken in the design of sensor ends for preventing corrosions in the flow. This is an effort to improve the current double-sensor probe technique to meet the ever-increasing needs to local parameter measurements in gas-liquid two-phase flows.
基金Supported by the National Science Foundation of China(No.59995460-1) and Nuclear Industry Science Foundation (No.Y7100E51001)
文摘Radial distribution of vapor local parameters, including local void fraction, interfacial velocity, bubblesize, bubble frequency and interfacial area concentration, are investigated through the measurement in an upwardboiling tube using dual-sensor optical probe. In addition, a new local parameter -"local bubble number concentra-tion" is developed on the basis of bubble frequency. The analysis shows that this parameter can reflect bubble numberdensity in space, and has clear physical meaning.