TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional water vapor visualization in porous packing by near-infrared diffuse transmittance tomography
AU - Nic An Tsaoir, Méabh
AU - Abreu Fernandes, Daniel Luis
AU - Sá, Jacinto
AU - Kitagawa, Kuniyuki
AU - Hardacre, Christopher
AU - Aiouache, Farid
PY - 2012/7/4
Y1 - 2012/7/4
N2 - This work presents a procedure based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional spatially resolved near-infrared imaging to observe temperature and composition maps in gas-solid packed beds subjected to effects of aspect ratio and nonisothermal conditions. The technique was applied to the water vapor flow in a fluidized bed and a packed bed reactor and confirmed uneven water vapor flow channeling and temperature distributions in the core packed bed and in the vicinity of the wall due to flow maldistribution. In addition, the heat uptake and local cross-mixing were experimentally ascertained.
AB - This work presents a procedure based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional spatially resolved near-infrared imaging to observe temperature and composition maps in gas-solid packed beds subjected to effects of aspect ratio and nonisothermal conditions. The technique was applied to the water vapor flow in a fluidized bed and a packed bed reactor and confirmed uneven water vapor flow channeling and temperature distributions in the core packed bed and in the vicinity of the wall due to flow maldistribution. In addition, the heat uptake and local cross-mixing were experimentally ascertained.
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U2 - 10.1021/ie202023t
DO - 10.1021/ie202023t
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863514273
SN - 0888-5885
VL - 51
SP - 8875
EP - 8882
JO - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
JF - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
IS - 26
ER -