https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01555-0
Regular Article
Nonlinear interaction underlying flow structure transition of inclined oil–water two-phase countercurrent flow
School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
Received:
13
July
2020
Accepted:
10
May
2021
Published online:
19
May
2021
Inclined oil–water two-phase flow exhibits random, unstable spatiotemporal structure, associated with the countercurrent caused by gravity and components interacting. In this paper, the nonlinear analysis to give a deeper understanding of inclined oil–water two-phase flow has been conducted. Firstly, we obtained the multivariate measurement of different flow patterns by vertical multi-electrode array system. Then, based on the multivariate refined composite entropy and transfer entropy, a dynamic nonlinear analysis framework is proposed to characterize the inclined oil–water two-phase flow. The results suggest that the proposed framework can reveal the dynamic information hidden in the oil droplet swarms and countercurrent water motion.
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