Comparison of void fraction measurements using different techniques in two-phase flow bubble column reactors

被引：38

作者：

Hernandez-Alvarado, Freddy ^{[1
]}

Kleinbart, Simon ^{[1
]}

Kalaga, Dinesh V. ^{[1
]}

Banerjee, Sanjoy ^{[1
,2
]}

Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B. ^{[3
]}

Kawaji, Masahiro ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] CUNY City Coll, New York, NY 10031 USA

[2] CUNY, Energy Inst, New York, NY 10031 USA

[3] Homi Bhabha Natl Inst, Bombay 400094, Maharashtra, India

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW | 2018年 / 102卷

关键词：

Void fraction; Gamma-ray densitometry; Electrical resistance tomography (ERT); Wire mesh sensor (WMS); Optical void probe; GAMMA-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; HOLD-UP PROFILES; PLANE ERT SYSTEM; GAS; PHASE; HYDRODYNAMICS; DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITOMETRY; DISPERSION; VELOCITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.02.002

中图分类号：

O3 [力学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0801 ;

摘要：

Local, area and volume average void fraction measurements have been conducted in gas-liquid two-phase flow through vertical pipes of different diameters under different modes of operation covering up-flow, down-flow and batch bubble column. The measurement techniques used include gamma ray densitometry, electrical resistance tomography (ERT), wire mesh sensor (WMS), optical void probe, and pressure transducers. The consistency among different measurement techniques has been examined by comparing the local, area and volume-average void fraction measurements made using the above methods in the same test section under the same flow conditions. The accuracy of the measurement techniques has been found to depend significantly on the mode of two-phase flow operation. The results show that the gamma densitometry and the pressure transducers can produce highly reliable measurements independent of the mode of operation. However, the optical void probe was found to underestimate the local values of void fractions, particularly, in the case of a co-current down-flow with sub-millimeter sized bubbles. Also, the electrical resistance tomography technique was found to be the least reliable method, as it underestimated the void fraction in the co-current up-flow as well as co-current down-flow operation. The accuracy of the wire mesh sensor was strongly dependent on the size of the bubbles relative to the wire mesh spacing. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：119 / 129

页数：11

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