Three-Dimensional Gas-Phasic Velocity Measurement of Two-Phase Flow in Terms of Bubble Size in a Large-Diameter Pipe

Abstract

A wire-mesh sensor (WMS) can acquire a void fraction distribution at a high temporal and spatial resolution and also estimate the velocity of a vertical rising flow by investigating the signal time-delay of the two WMSs. The authors propose to extend this time series analysis to estimate the multi-dimensional velocity profile via cross-correlation analysis between a point of upstream WMS and multiple points downstream. Moreover, bubbles behave in various ways according to size, which is used to classify them into certain groups.