The measurement characteristics of parallel-wire conductance probe used in horizontal oil-water two-phase flow

We first conduct an optimization design to a parallel-wire conductance probe by using Finite Element Method (FEM). The probe optimal geometry is determined in terms of two sensitive field parameters, i.e. sensitivity variation parameter (S_vp) and average sensitivity (S_avg). In addition, we carry out the flow loop test in horizontal oil-water two-phase flow pipe. The experimental results indicate that the parallel-wire conductance probe can not only have a significant resolution for phase volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow but also show good measurement characteristics for cross-correlation velocity.