An Algorithm to Minimize the Zero-Flow Error in Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flow Meters

Transit-time ultrasonic flow meters are widely used in industry to measure fluid flow. In practice ultrasonic flow meters either show a zero-flow error or suffer from a significant random error due to a limited signal-to-noise ratio, requiring a significant amount of averaging to achieve good precision. This work presents a method that minimizes...

Multidimensionality in Fluidized Nanopowder Agglomerates

recent years, the interest in fluidization as a mean to process nanoparticles is strongly increasing. Due to the small size of the nanoparticles, which makes van der Waals forces predominate, they do not fluidize as single particles but as agglomerates. Various researchers using settling experiments and bed expansion measurements conclude that...

Quantification of the atomic hydrogen flux as a function of filament temperature and H2 flow rate

An isothermal sensor is developed to quantify the atomic hydrogen flux on a surface, which can be located at any distance from the molecular hydrogen cracking unit. This flux is determined from the measured heat effect due to recombination of atomic hydrogen at the sensor surface. The temperature of the sensor was kept constant at 350°C to keep...

Experimental investigation of the flow inside a saxophone mouthpiece by particle image velocimetry

An experimental study of the flow inside a saxophone mouthpiece in playing conditions is carried out by means of particle image velocimetry at high acquisition rate. Planar velocity measurements on the midsection of a Plexiglas tenor saxophone mouthpiece are performed, respectively, in the mouthpiece baffle and in the reed channel. Sequences of...

Experimental study on dielectric barrier discharge actuators operating in pulse mode

An experimental investigation is performed on the operation of dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators used as manipulators of secondary and unsteady flow structures such as boundary layer instabilities or shedding vortices. The actuators are tested mainly in pulse mode. High sample rate hot-wire measurements of the induced velocity field...

Digital holographic particle image velocimetry

This thesis contributes to the development of an instrument that can measure fluid flow velocity in a three-dimensional (3D) measurement domain by holographic imaging.

2D wall interference assessment using "Calspan Pipes"

The applicability of a multi-velocity-component static pipe, proposed by CALSPAN ATC, for measuring boundary velocity vector distributions in behalf of wall interference assessment, has been explored in two-dimensional flow. Comparisons with alternative methods to derive the local flow angle from measured pipe pressures as well as analyses of...