Laser Doppler Anemometry of a Dispersed Mixture of Two Liquids with Similar Densities

Abstract

The velocity profiles and volumetric concentrations were measured using a laser doppler anemometer for a vertically ascending two-phase liquid–liquid droplet flow in a cylindrical tube, where the density difference between the phases is relatively small. This regime simulates the flow of a two-phase gas–liquid mixture in microgravity. The small phase slip velocity was experimentally measured. New methods have been developed for using a laser doppler anemometer to measure the velocity and volumetric concentration of phases in a dispersed two-phase flow.