Due to non-linearity of pressure difference signals of gas-liquid two-phase flow in rod bundled channel and capability of multi-scale entropy analysis in charactering complex signals
multi-scale entropy analysis was used to study time series of pressure difference signals of gas-liquid two-phase flow in the 7×7 rod bundled channel under 104 different flow conditions. Results showed that the change rate of multi-scale entropy in small scales (no more than 8) could accurately distinguish four flow regimes in the rod bundled channel whereas the trending of large scale sample entropy could disclose dynamic characteristics of each flow regime. Therefore
compared to chaotic time series analysis of R/S method
the multi-scale entropy analysis method could reveal the dynamic characteristics and also accurately distinguish four flow regimes of gas-liquid two-phase flow in the rod bundled channel.