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Wire-mesh sensors for high-resolving two-phase flow studies at high pressures and temperatures

Pietruske, H.; Prasser, H.-M.

Wire-mesh sensors are used for a high-speed visualization of a gas-liquid flow as well as for the measurement of void fraction profiles, bubble size distributions and gas velocity distributions. Recent progress was made in designing and constructing such sensors for an application in a hot steam-water mixture. Two types are presented: (1) a sensor with an inner diameter of 52.3 mm with a measuring matrix of 16x16 and (2) a sensor of 195 mm inner diameter with 64x64 measuring points. Both devices can be operated at 7 MPa and a temperature of max. 286 °C. The spatial and temporal resolutions are equal to earlier used sensors for air-water flow at ambient conditions (3 mm, 2500 fps). In the paper, the function of the sensors is illustrated by presenting flow visualizations obtained at two vertical test sections of the Rossendorf TOPFLOW facility. The pipes are approximately 9 m long and have inner diameters equal to the diameters of the measuring cross sections mentioned above. The results show how the flow structure depends on the thermodynamic parameters by comparing measurements performed at 1, 2, 4 and 6.5 MPa and 180, 212, 250 and 280 °C, correspondingly, under adiabatic conditions with earlier air-water tests.

Keywords: two-phase flow; flow pattern; vertical upwards flow; wire-mesh sensors

  • Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 18(2007)2, 87-94
  • Lecture (Conference)
    The 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-11), 02.-06.10.2005, Avignon, France
  • Contribution to proceedings
    The 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-11), 02.-06.10.2005, Avignon, France
    CD-ROM, Paper 533

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