Void fraction measurement in two-phase flow processes via symbolic dynamic filtering of ultrasonic signals

Subhadeep Chakraborty, Eric Keller, Justin Talley, Abhishek Srivastav, Asok Ray, Seungjin Kim

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Abstract

This communication introduces a non-intrusive method for void fraction measurement and identification of two-phase flow regimes, based on ultrasonic sensing. The underlying algorithm is built upon the recently reported theory of a statistical pattern recognition method called symbolic dynamic filtering (SDF). The results of experimental validation, generated on a laboratory test apparatus, show a one-to-one correspondence between the flow measure derived from SDF and the void fraction measured by a conductivity probe. A sharp change in the slope of flow measure is found to be in agreement with a transition from fully bubbly flow to cap-bubbly flow.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number023001
JournalMeasurement Science and Technology
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Applied Mathematics

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