Two-phase cryogenic flow measurement

Author

Ionete, Eusebiu Ilarian ; Ionete, R.E. ; Monea, Bogdan ; Salceanu, Andrei

Author_Institution

Nat. R&D Inst. for Cryogenics & Isotopic Technol. - ICIT Rm. Valcea, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

150

Abstract

The measurement of mass flow rate of the two-phase cryogenic flow is attracting a lot of interest lately due to the possible special applications for the fluids it measures. The combination solid/liquid hydrogen or slush hydrogen, solid/liquid nitrogen or slush nitrogen are only few of the two phase cryogenic flow that can be of interest for various applications because of the greater cooling performance, greater compactness and lighter weight. The applications of such fluids include but are not limited to cooling of superconducting cable, fuel for space shuttles, large cryogenic installations and superconducting accelerators. In this paper we report on the two-phase cryogenic flow measurement based on the density capacitive.

Keywords

cryogenics; flow measurement; two-phase flow; compactness; cooling performance; cryogenic installations; density capacitive; fuel; mass flow rate measurement; slush hydrogen; slush nitrogen; solid-liquid hydrogen; solid-liquid nitrogen; space shuttles; superconducting accelerators; superconducting cable cooling; two-phase cryogenic flow measurement; Cryogenics; Density measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Hydrogen; Liquids; Nitrogen; centrifugal pump; cryogenic liquid; sensor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 2012 International Conference and Exposition on

Conference_Location

Iasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1173-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPE.2012.6463935

Filename

6463935