Obtaining real-time, in situ slurry concentration measurements during unsteady mixing can provide increased understanding into mixer performance. During recent tests an ultrasonic attenuation sensor was inserted into a mixing vessel to measure the slurry concentration during unsteady mixing in real time during pulse jet mixer operation. These pulse jet mixing tests to suspend noncohesive solids in Newtonian liquid were conducted at three geometric scales. To understand the solids suspension process and resulting solids distribution, the concentration of solids in the cloud was measured at various elevations and radial positions during the pulse jet mixer cycle. In the largest scale vessel, concentration profiles were measured at three radial locations: r = 0, 0.5 and 0.9 R where R is the vessel radius. These radial concentration data are being analyzed to provide a model for predicting concentration as a function of elevation. This paper describes pulse jet mixer operation, provides a description of the concentration probe, and presents transient concentration data obtained at three radial positions: in the vessel center (O R), midway between the center and the wall (0.5 R) and near the vessel wall (0.9 R) through out the pulse to provide insight into pulse jet mixer performance.
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ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
August 1–5, 2010
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Fluids Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4949-1
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Judith Ann Bamberger,
Judith Ann Bamberger
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
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Perry A. Meyer
Perry A. Meyer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
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Judith Ann Bamberger
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Perry A. Meyer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
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FEDSM-ICNMM2010-31314, pp. 245-256; 12 pages
Published Online:
March 1, 2011
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Bamberger, JA, & Meyer, PA. "Concentration Distribution During Pulse Jet Mixing." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting: Volume 2, Fora. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 1–5, 2010. pp. 245-256. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-31314
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