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Passive acoustic bubble sizing in sparged systems

Passive acoustic bubble sizing in sparged systems Passive acoustic bubble sizing was investigated in both controlled tests and in a stirred, sparged tank typical of the biotechnology or minerals processing industries. Acoustic techniques have promise for industrial systems where other bubble analysis methods are impractical. Acoustic signals were studied for bubbles precisely formed at higher airflow rates. Acoustic pulses varied with bubble production rate as well as with bubble size. A technique of windowing pulses is proposed. Two alternative versions of this windowing technique were applied to a stirred, sparged tank, giving good agreement. It was shown that, in some cases, it may also be possible to acoustically estimate the spatial distribution of void fraction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Experiments in Fluids Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
ISSN
0723-4864
eISSN
1432-1114
DOI
10.1007/s003480000245
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Abstract

Passive acoustic bubble sizing was investigated in both controlled tests and in a stirred, sparged tank typical of the biotechnology or minerals processing industries. Acoustic techniques have promise for industrial systems where other bubble analysis methods are impractical. Acoustic signals were studied for bubbles precisely formed at higher airflow rates. Acoustic pulses varied with bubble production rate as well as with bubble size. A technique of windowing pulses is proposed. Two alternative versions of this windowing technique were applied to a stirred, sparged tank, giving good agreement. It was shown that, in some cases, it may also be possible to acoustically estimate the spatial distribution of void fraction.

Journal

Experiments in FluidsSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 5, 2001

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