2008 年 74 巻 740 号 p. 779-786
Local flow measurements were performed for vertical upward bubbly flows in a 9 mm-diameter pipe at normal- and micro-gravity conditions. A stereo image-processing method was used for measuring void fraction profile, interfacial area concentration and Sauter mean diameter. The flow measurements were performed at four axial locations (axial distance from the inlet normalized by the pipe diameter, z/D=5, 20, 40 and 60) at various flow conditions of superficial gas velocity (0.00840-0.0298 m/s) and superficial liquid velocity (0.138-0.914 m/s). By taking into account the normalized parameters on void peak fraction and void peak intensity in pipe cross-section, the phase distribution pattern was quantitatively-classified into three patterns : a wall peak, a core peak and an intermediate peak. The phase distribution pattern maps were newly presented for vertical upward bubbly flows at normal-and micro-gravity conditions.