Pentti Saarenrinne 13th Oct 2011 Experimental fluid dynamics at Department of the Energy and Process Engineering, Tampere University of Technology

Dept. of Energy and Process Engineering Figures Budget 3,6 M€ (1,7 +1,9 M€) 7 professors 30 researchers & research assistants 6 technicians Research topics Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer (CFD & Experimental) Paper converting and packaging Refrigeration Technology Combustion & Power Plant Technology

The EFD group The group is specialized in optical measurement techniques in fluid mechanics and their adaptation to multi- phase flows. Other research topics include turbulence, fluid-structure interactions, flow control, and mixing. The team: Pentti Saarenrinne, Professor, D. Sc. (Tech) Hannu Eloranta, D. Sc. (Tech.) moved to Pixact Ltd Markus Honkanen, D. Sc. (Tech.) Maria Putkiranta, M.Sc. (maternity leave) + M.Sc. students

Measurement facilities For single-phase flows PIV (three systems, including high-speed SPIV) LDA For multi-phase flows Direct imaging (high-speed & others) PDA The laboratory has several water circulation loops, mixing tanks… Paper converting laboratory Pilot plant (1 m width) Laboratory

Fiber suspension flows Simultaneous PIV and DI in a dilute fiber suspension flow

Fiber suspension flows Simultaneous PIV and DI in a dilute fiber suspension flow

Fiber orientation and flocculation measurements Experiments are conducted…

The flow setup

Fiber orientation measurements The effect of fiber consistency... C=0.02%-w C=0.1%-w C=0.5%-w

Fiber orientation measurements

The flocculation experiments Pine, 0.5%-w (mean length: 2.3mm, crowding factor: ~60) Two flow rates: 2.25 l/s (U exit =5.0m/s) and 4.00 l/s (U exit =8.5m/s) Two channels

Data collection Images of the fiber phase were collected with two back- lighting systems: Double-frame camera operating at 4 Hz High-speed camera operating at Hz

Floc orientation

Mean floc size scale and aspect ratio

Bubble analysis with 3D orthogonal imaging Rising bubbles, frame rate /s. Orthogonal projections of the flow was achieved with a mirror system. Automatic image analysis recognises bubbles, even when they are overlapping..

Ink removal from recirculated pulp suspension -Measurements in a flotation tank -Submerged probe for the bubble size distribution in the inlet jet. Image analysis

Air removal from fiber suspension in an open channel flow Submerged measurement device sinking in suspension. Bubble movement in a fiber suspension. Blue broken lines are bubble path lines.

The strain distributions inside a year ring during sudden compression in a split-Hopkinson device Objectives: To develop an imaging and illumination method for the phenomena The preparation of the wood samples to enable the measurement of the deformation inside a year ring Measurement were made at elevated temperatures in a closed split- Hopkinson device at Mid-Sweden University (Sundsvall).

Results: From the deformation images was computed strain maps. The year rings of the sample are on the right hand side of the large strain areas. The deformation in the ”spring” wood is bigger The strain distributions inside a year ring in sudden compression /2 With frame rate /s was imaged in one Compression a serie of 12 images.

A Laboratory Scale CFB H x W x D: 3.0 x 0.4 x m. Cold model. Fluidization velocities up to 4.0 m/s. Sauter mean diameters: 442 μm or 255 μm. Particle size distribution was measured with shadowgraphy:

High speed imaging at the bottom part of the model  Frame rate300Hz  Red arrow, velocity upwards 5 m/s,  Blue arrow same velocity downwards

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