Multi-scale symbolic time reverse analysis of gas–liquid two-phase flow structures

Hongmei Wang (), Lusheng Zhai, Ningde Jin () and Youchen Wang ()
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Hongmei Wang: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Lusheng Zhai: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Ningde Jin: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Youchen Wang: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2017, vol. 28, issue 01, 1-22

Abstract: Gas–liquid two-phase flows are widely encountered in production processes of petroleum and chemical industry. Understanding the dynamic characteristics of multi-scale gas–liquid two-phase flow structures is of great significance for the optimization of production process and the measurement of flow parameters. In this paper, we propose a method of multi-scale symbolic time reverse (MSTR) analysis for gas–liquid two-phase flows. First, through extracting four time reverse asymmetry measures (TRAMs), i.e. Euclidean distance, difference entropy, percentage of constant words and percentage of reversible words, the time reverse asymmetry (TRA) behaviors of typical nonlinear systems are investigated from the perspective of multi-scale analysis, and the results show that the TRAMs are sensitive to the changing of dynamic characteristics underlying the complex nonlinear systems. Then, the MSTR analysis is used to study the conductance signals from gas–liquid two-phase flows. It is found that the multi-scale TRA analysis can effectively reveal the multi-scale structure characteristics and nonlinear evolution properties of the flow structures.

Keywords: Gas–liquid two-phase flow; flow structure; multi-scale analysis; time reverse asymmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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