Outer wall-heated two-phase flow detector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9921090
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15699223

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A temperature sensing device comprising a plurality of thermocouples in a hollow tube, where the thermocouples sensing tips contact the outer wall of the tube, and a heat flux source that heats the hollow tube. The hollow tube is inserted through a cross section of a pipe perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The apparatus measures a void fraction in a two-phase flow of a liquid-gas mixture flowing through the pipe. A process of measuring void fraction whereby the hollow tube is heated to an initial temperature, and in the presence of a liquid-gas mixture flow through the pipe the difference is calculated between the initial temperature of the tube and the temperature during liquid-gas mixture flow, to determine the void fraction in the two-phase flow of liquid-gas mixture through the pipe.

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KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSDHAHRAN

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Ahmed, Wael Hasan Guelph, CA 7 10
Badr, Hassan Mohamed Dhahran, SA 9 13

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