An image processing method for measuring the instantaneous two-dimensional （2D） local void fraction at high bubble number density was proposed. It was based on computing a correlation between the locally averaged br...An image processing method for measuring the instantaneous two-dimensional （2D） local void fraction at high bubble number density was proposed. It was based on computing a correlation between the locally averaged brightness of the bubble plume images and the real void fraction. The method was tested using the 2D distribution of local void fraction from visualized image, where a correlation between the locally averaged brightness and the projection void fraction was derived by introducing an ideal of overlapping probability of the bubble-images under various conditions. This research was used to study the behavior of the bubbly flows with aspect ratio of 1.0,1.5, and 2.0. The present method was applied to the instantaneous measurement. The void fraction for bubble plumes of three different aspect ratios with three different bubble generating flow rates were measured for the clarification of the effect of the bubble on the behavior of the bubbly flows. Dependency of the void fraction on the gas flow rate was measured and compared to other results from the literature. In the range of our experiments, it was observed that not only does an aspect ratio of the tank affect the structure of the plume, but also the gas flow rate in the tank affects the structure of the plume.展开更多
Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)and experimental analyses of some of the basic characteristics of air sparging in a tall stirred vessel equipped with a three-stage impeller are presented.The impeller was assembled fr...Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)and experimental analyses of some of the basic characteristics of air sparging in a tall stirred vessel equipped with a three-stage impeller are presented.The impeller was assembled from a radial ABT impeller as the lower,a turbine 6 PBT45 as the middle and an axial Scaba-type 3SHP1 impeller as the upper.All the impellers were of the same diameter,i.e.,225 mm,while the vessel diameter was 450 mm.The impeller’s rotational speed was 178 r·min-1.The aeration regime was established with an air volumetric flow rate of 28.3 m3·h-1.To the best of our knowledge,this study is the first to consider the very high gassing rate by means of CFD in a tank stirred by three-stage axial/radial impellers.The numerical simulation was performed using the ANSYS Fluent(R17.2,2016)code for solving the governing equations of fluid dynamics in single-and multi-phase systems.While discussing the bubble size distribution,a discrete population balance model(PBM)was used.Adopting CFD,the stirring power and the total void fraction(the total gas holdup)were calculated.The results were in good agreement with the measured values using a laboratory experimental device.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 50379044).
文摘An image processing method for measuring the instantaneous two-dimensional （2D） local void fraction at high bubble number density was proposed. It was based on computing a correlation between the locally averaged brightness of the bubble plume images and the real void fraction. The method was tested using the 2D distribution of local void fraction from visualized image, where a correlation between the locally averaged brightness and the projection void fraction was derived by introducing an ideal of overlapping probability of the bubble-images under various conditions. This research was used to study the behavior of the bubbly flows with aspect ratio of 1.0,1.5, and 2.0. The present method was applied to the instantaneous measurement. The void fraction for bubble plumes of three different aspect ratios with three different bubble generating flow rates were measured for the clarification of the effect of the bubble on the behavior of the bubbly flows. Dependency of the void fraction on the gas flow rate was measured and compared to other results from the literature. In the range of our experiments, it was observed that not only does an aspect ratio of the tank affect the structure of the plume, but also the gas flow rate in the tank affects the structure of the plume.
基金supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Education,Science and Sport under contract no.P2-0162.
文摘Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)and experimental analyses of some of the basic characteristics of air sparging in a tall stirred vessel equipped with a three-stage impeller are presented.The impeller was assembled from a radial ABT impeller as the lower,a turbine 6 PBT45 as the middle and an axial Scaba-type 3SHP1 impeller as the upper.All the impellers were of the same diameter,i.e.,225 mm,while the vessel diameter was 450 mm.The impeller’s rotational speed was 178 r·min-1.The aeration regime was established with an air volumetric flow rate of 28.3 m3·h-1.To the best of our knowledge,this study is the first to consider the very high gassing rate by means of CFD in a tank stirred by three-stage axial/radial impellers.The numerical simulation was performed using the ANSYS Fluent(R17.2,2016)code for solving the governing equations of fluid dynamics in single-and multi-phase systems.While discussing the bubble size distribution,a discrete population balance model(PBM)was used.Adopting CFD,the stirring power and the total void fraction(the total gas holdup)were calculated.The results were in good agreement with the measured values using a laboratory experimental device.
