Local gas and liquid phase velocity measurement in a miniature stirred vessel using PIV combined with a new image processing algorithm

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 743-753

  Chung, K H K ^a   Simmons, M J H ^a   Barigou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas liquid mixing; High throughput experimentation reactors; Particle image velocimetry; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEM; BUBBLE RISING; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS VELOCITY; GAS VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; GAS-LIQUID MIXING; GLASS COLUMN; HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION REACTORS; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LOCAL VELOCITY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RHODAMINE DYES; STIRRED VESSEL REACTORS; STIRRED VESSELS; TRACER PARTICLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VELOCITY FIELD;

CORRELATION METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; THROUGHPUT; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77649191776     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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