<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>By changing the air and water flow relative rates in the two-phase (air-water) flow through a minichannel, we observe aggregation and partitioning of air bubbles and slugs of different sizes. An air bubble arrangement, which show non-periodic and periodic patterns. The spatiotemporal behaviour was recorded by a digital camera. Multiscale entropy analysis is a method of measuring the time series complexity. The main aim of the paper was testing the possibility of implementation of multiscale entropy for two-phase flow patterns classification. For better understanding, the dynamics of the two-phase flow patterns inside the minichannel histograms and wavelet methods were also used. In particular, we found a clear distinction between bubbles and slugs formations in terms of multiscale entropy. On the other hand, the intermediate region was effected by appearance of both forms in non-periodic and periodic sequences. The preliminary results were confirmed by using histograms and wavelets.</p></abstract>

By changing the air and water flow relative rates in the two-phase (air-water) flow through a minichannel, we observe aggregation and partitioning of air bubbles and slugs of different sizes. An air bubble arrangement, which show non-periodic and periodic patterns. The spatiotemporal behaviour was recorded by a digital camera. Multiscale entropy analysis is a method of measuring the time series complexity. The main aim of the paper was testing the possibility of implementation of multiscale entropy for two-phase flow patterns classification. For better understanding, the dynamics of the two-phase flow patterns inside the minichannel histograms and wavelet methods were also used. In particular, we found a clear distinction between bubbles and slugs formations in terms of multiscale entropy. On the other hand, the intermediate region was effected by appearance of both forms in non-periodic and periodic sequences. The preliminary results were confirmed by using histograms and wavelets.

Periodic Trends in Two-Phase Flow Through a Vertical Minichannel: Wavelet and Multiscale Entropy Analyses Based on Digital Camera Data

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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By changing the air and water flow relative rates in the two-phase (air-water) flow through a minichannel, we observe aggregation and partitioning of air...

Periodic Trends in Two-Phase Flow Through a Vertical Minichannel: Wavelet and Multiscale Entropy Analyses Based on Digital Camera Data

Publicado en línea: 18 abr 2019

Páginas: 51 - 56

Recibido: 24 mar 2018

Aceptado: 21 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2019-0008

Palabras clave
digital camera data, two-phase flow, patterns identification, multiscale entropy, wavelets

© 2019 Grzegorz Górski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Periodic Trends in Two-Phase Flow Through a Vertical Minichannel: Wavelet and Multiscale Entropy Analyses Based on Digital Camera Data

Publicado en línea: 18 abr 2019

Páginas: 51 - 56

Recibido: 24 mar 2018

Aceptado: 21 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2019-0008

Palabras clavedigital camera data, two-phase flow, patterns identification, multiscale entropy, wavelets

© 2019 Grzegorz Górski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
digital camera data, two-phase flow, patterns identification, multiscale entropy, wavelets