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1 PublicationAdvanced flow profiler for two-phase flow imaging on distillation trays
Vishwakarma, V.; Schleicher, E.; Bieberle, A.; Schubert, M.; Hampel, U.
Abstract
A profound knowledge of the two-phase cross-flow on large-scale distillation trays is pivotal to their efficient design and operation. For such trays, a novel flow profiler comprising of multiple dual-tip probes for simultaneous local conductivity measurements is proposed in this work. The profiler is applied for a DN800 air/water column simulator equipped with sieve trays. 3D distribution of liquid holdup and tracer-based liquid flow in the two-phase dispersion are assessed in high resolution. Non-uniform holdup is found along the dispersion height. Contrarily, the liquid flow is largely uniform and symmetric with respect to the tray centerline. Prior to measurements, the profiler design, electronic scheme, measurement principle and data processing schemes are described.
Keywords: column tray; two-phase cross-flow; 3D flow imaging; conductivity measurement; liquid holdup; tracer dispersion
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- TOPFLOW Facility
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Chemical Engineering Science 231(2021), 116280
Online First (2020) DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116280
Cited 11 times in Scopus
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