XU Ying, XIE Fei, LI Jian, et al. A capacitance sensor with hydrocyclone phase separator for measuring water volume fraction in gas-liquid two-phase flow[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (4): 1357-1364.
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XU Ying, XIE Fei, LI Jian, et al. A capacitance sensor with hydrocyclone phase separator for measuring water volume fraction in gas-liquid two-phase flow[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (4): 1357-1364.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20170510.
A capacitance sensor with hydrocyclone phase separator for measuring water volume fraction in gas-liquid two-phase flow
In order to improve capability of electric capacitor for liquid volume fraction measurement
a capacitive liquid volume fraction sensor with a hydrocyclone phase separator was designed for measurement of water fraction in gas-liquid two phase flow. The hydrocyclone phase separator
which was added to the measuring section of a capacitance sensor
was optimized in structure according to kinetic theory of gas liquid two-phase flow and was determined for the number of separation cycles by actual application conditions to ensure efficiency of gas liquid phase separation. The hydrocyclone phase separation could overcome influence of various flow patterns of gas liquid two-phase flow
and convert water volume fraction information into liquid film thickness cross-section water fraction information measurement. The experimental results show that cross-section gas fraction measured by the capacitance sensor is in good agreement with the Lockhart-Martinelli cross section gas fraction model. The gas liquid two-phase flow with water volume fraction below 20% can be effectively measured with less than ±2% absolute error.