Local two-phase flow measurements using sensor techniques Original Research Article

Radial profiles of various local parameters in bubbly two-phase flow were obtained. Measurements of the local void fraction, the local interfacial area concentration, the bubble interfacial velocity and Sauter mean diameter were made using the double sensor probe method. At the same locations, local liquid velocity and turbulence intensity measurements were made using a hotfilm anemometer. Data was taken at three different axial locations (L/D=2, L/D=32 and L/D=62) along a 3.24 m test section with an inner diameter of 0.0508 m. In comparison to previous data sets, the following data is more complete in the sense that both interfacial area measurements are combined with one of the local driving forces for interfacial transfer, namely the liquid turbulent diffusion. There have been few, if any, studies done combining local liquid turbulence and the local interfacial area concentration. The data taken will eventually be applied to the closure relations required by the one-dimensional, time-averaged interfacial area transport equation.