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Acoustic Emission Technology for Assessing Gas Void Fraction Levels in Two-Phase Flow

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The gas–liquid two-phase slug flow regime phenomenon is commonly encountered in the chemical engineering industry, particularly in oil and gas production transportation pipelines. Slug flow regime normally occurs for a range of pipe inclinations, and, gas and liquid flow rates. A pipeline operating in the slug flow regime creates high fluctuations in gas and liquid flow rates at the outlet. Therefore, the monitoring of slugs and measurement of their characteristics, such as the gas void fraction, are necessary to minimise the disruption of downstream process facilities. In this paper, the detection of slugs and the estimation of the gas void fraction within the slug were achieved by using a non-invasive Acoustic Emission (AE) sensor.

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, Bardolph Place 10, Sunnybank Hills, 4109, Australia

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  3. Queensland University of Technology, Arrabri Av 192, Mt Ommaney, 4074, Australia

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  4. Delft University of Technology, Gerard Brandtstraat 107, Leiden, 2332 AK, Netherlands

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Addali, A., Mba, D. (2012). Acoustic Emission Technology for Assessing Gas Void Fraction Levels in Two-Phase Flow. In: Mathew, J., Ma, L., Tan, A., Weijnen, M., Lee, J. (eds) Engineering Asset Management and Infrastructure Sustainability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-493-7_3

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