The hydrodynamics of two-dimensional bubble columns operated in various flow regimes are studied using particle image velocimetry. Both averaged velocity profiles and Reynolds stress profiles are obtained and discussed in relation to large-scale structures present in the flow. The normal stresses, dominated by large-scale structures, are an order of magnitude higher than the shear stress. It is found that the contribution from the bubbles to the shear to the normal stresses is negligible. A time series of the flow field is studied, demonstrating that the flow could be split into a low-frequency contribution due to the uortical structures and a high-frequency fluctuatingpart. The latter gives rise to flat normal stress profiles, and the former is responsible for the original form of the normal stress profiles. The shear stress in the smaller columns investigated can be related to the averaged vertical velocity profile according to a Boussinesq approximation. Data on the eddy viscosity are presented.
A three-dimensional particle image velocimetry (3-DPIV) system is developed to measure the threedimensional local flow properties of gas-liquid and gasliquid-solid fluidization systems. The 3-DPIV system requires one camera to simultaneous record orthogonal views of the flow field created by a special optical arrangement. The 3-DPIV has been successfully calibrated and is capable of providing qualitative and quantitative flow information including three-dimensional, full-field, instantaneous velocities, accelerations and holdups of each phase. In this study, sample results of the application of the 3-DPIV technique to a three-dimensional gas-liquid-solid fluidization system operating in the dispersed bubble flow regime demonstrate that the 3-DPIV technique is an effective instrument in studying the local, transient flow phenomena in multiphase systems.
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