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Measurements of interfacial area concentration in two-phase flow with two-point conductivity probe. Brief communication

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/431170· OSTI ID:431170
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Westinghouse Electric Corp., West Mufflin, PA (United States)
Kataoka, Ishii and Serizawa analyzed the measurements of the local time-averaged interfacial area concentration in two-phase flow with a two-point conductivity probe. They considered the influence of the bubble velocity fluctuation on the measurement and directly transferred the mathematics concept of the local time-averaged interfacial area concentration into the measurable parameters. In the end of the derivation, however, the expression of the interfacial area concentration was inappropriate due to the over-simplification to the integration limits of the probability distributions. Consequently, the resultant interfacial area concentration may be significantly lower than the actual value. Since the formula is very important for the interpretation of experimental data, we feel it is necessary to provide a correction to the original work.
Research Organization:
Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC11-93PN38195
OSTI ID:
431170
Report Number(s):
WAPD-T--3119; ON: DE97002960
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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