The study of flow characteristic of gas-liquid two-phase flow based on the near-infrared detection device

With the importance of the two-phase flow, many scholars pay attention on it; and for the so many parameters in the gas-liquid two-phase flow, flow characteristic is the basis. For the four flow patterns in the vertical direction, slug flow, bubbly flow, annular flow, and milk foam-like flow, the paper used the laser diode of 980nm and the silicon photodiode to detect the flow status. The absorption coefficients of the infrared in the gas and the liquid are very different; at the meantime, the infrared is affected by the interface obviously. As a result, it can reflect the fluctuation of the gas-liquid two-phase flow with the detection by the infrared. By analyzing the experiment data, four characteristic parameters are extracted, such as the average value, the variance, the kurtosis, and the frequency center of gravity. They can not only reflect the change of the different flow patterns, but also can reflect the fluctuation in the same flow pattern. The feature vector constituted of the four characteristic parameters can identify the flow pattern correctly in this system. What's more, it can achieve an accurate measurement of the real-time online, providing a basis for the other parameters' analysis in the gas-liquid two-phase flow.