Turbulence structure of air-water bubbly flow—I. measuring techniques

Abstract

This paper, the first in a series describing our work on the turbulence structure of air-water bubbly flow, describes the principles of measurement and specially developed electronic instrumentation for determining various important local parameters, and the rates of turbulent transport of heat and bubbles in air-water two-phase bubbly flow. These instruments indicate the phase distribution, the bubble velocity and its spectrum, the water velocity and the turbulent intensity, and the turbulent dispersion coefficient of bubbles. Brief discussions are also presented on the accuracy of these techniques.