Conductivity Sensors Based System Development and Application to Investigate the Interfacial Behaviour between Supersonic Steam Jet and Water

Afrasyab Khan*, Khairuddin Sanaullah, E. K. Spiridonov, A. V. Podzerko, D. F. Khabarova, Ahmad Hasan Ali, Ahmed Salam Farooqi, Mohammed Zwawi, Mohammed Algarni, Bassem F. Felemban, Ali Bahadar, Atta Ullah, Bawadi Abdullah

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Abstract: This study is an effort to comprehend the description of the vapour-liquid flows associated with the transformation of the phase, which may assist in determining mass, momentum and energy transfer within the interfacial region containing the steam and water. This study describes the development of a void fraction measurement sensory system, which is based on AC based electrodes, referred scientifically as Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) system. ERT sensors based system was applied to emphasize the phenomenon involving supersonic steam injection into a column of water. Data acquisition system supporting the ERT technique was applied for the given time interval and the acquired data was processed by using a free code known as EIDORS. Images thus obtained by use of EIDORS provided a planar picture of supersonic steam jet surrounding by the water in a vessel. Images represent the broadly visible boundaries among steam and water phases, and the turbulent interface between them. It has been found that with rising temperature 30–60°C, the area under the effect of the steam jet has been increased from 46.51–65.40% at 3.0 bar of steam’s inlet pressure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)630-639
Number of pages10
JournalInstruments and Experimental Techniques
Volume64
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Conductivity Sensors Based System Development and Application to Investigate the Interfacial Behaviour between Supersonic Steam Jet and Water'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this