A Digital Special-Purpose Signal Processor for Two-Phase Flow Real-Time Analysis

In the statistical study of two-phase flow real-time control of experiments is often needed. Furthermore, in industrial processes involving boiling units control or two-phase gas-liquid transport control, real-time signal processing is required to check the status of two-phase flows. An instrument is described for the measurement of the fundamental characteristic parameters of two-phase flows. The measurement technique employs extensively high speed digital computation. It is based on a discrimination of the probe output signal into two signals, representing, respectively, a "bubble" flow and a slug flow. The parameters are measured on averaging times ranging from 10 ms to 104 s. Measurement errors and limitations of this high-resolution measurement technique are pointed out. Its utility in evaluating the fundamental statistical parameters of two-phase flows is demonstrated.