Phase doppler velocimetry

Recently, the phase Doppler velocimetry (PDV) is becoming a popular technique to measure particle velocity and size. Doppler signals from a PDV are received by an array of photomultipliers, and the phase shifts between the signals from different photomultipliers are analyzed to determine particle size and velocity simultaneously. Figure 21 illustrates the principle of PDV. The particle velocity and diameter are calculated (cf. Bachalo and Houser, 1984, van den Moortel et al., 1997) as... 

Many laser-based droplet diagnostic techniques have evolved from the fields such as spray combustion and spray drying. Phase-Doppler particle analyzer is now recognized as the most successful and advanced diagnostic instrument for spray characterization. Other proven diagnostic techniques include laser velocimetry and... 

In an earlier phase of this work [9] the intensities of axial and circumferential components of velocity fluctuation were measured in the TC annulus, using Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV), for a wide range of cylinder rotation speeds. On average, the intensities of axial velocity fluctuations were found to be within 25% of the intensities of circumferential velocity fluctuations [9]. As in Ronney et al. [5], turbulence intensities were found to be nearly homogeneous along the axial direction and over most of the annulus width, and to be linearly proportional... 

The laser phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA) simultaneously measures particle velocity, size and flux and may be considered an extension of laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV). It is particularly useful for... 

Various flow visualisation techniques have been utilised to obtain experimental results from local gas hold-ups and bubble size distributions (BSD) in a gas-liquid mixed tank. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA), Capillary suction probe (CSP), High-speed video imaging (HSVI) and Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) techniques have been applied. The applicability of various techniques is dependent on the location of the measurement, the physical properties of the gas-liquid flow, the gas hold-up and the size of the tank. 

Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) (Joshi et al. 2001) and PDA (Schafer et al. 2000) are optical techniques that have been used to determine BSDs, gas hold-up and flow patterns. Detectors observe the Doppler shift and phase difference when bubbles pass through the volume of the intersection of two laser beams. Doppler effect is related to the velocities of bubbles and the phase difference is related to the sizes of bubbles. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)... 

Understanding and prediction of pneumatic conveying necessitates the acquisition of detailed flow information. Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) provides the capability to probe the details of the two-phase motion in order to gain insight into the complex nature of the fluid-particle and particle-particle interactions. 

Spray properties are mostly determined with optical measurement techniques. For the analysis of the droplet diameter Shadowgraphic methods, laser diffraction or Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) have been used elsewhere [1, 2, 11, 18]. Droplet velocities can be measured with Shadowgraphy, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), or PDA [1, 6, 19]. The determination of the spray temperature is possible with Global Rainbow Thermometry (GRT), Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF), and Differential Infrared Thermography (DIT) [20-22]. 

Phase Doppler anemometry or phase Doppler analysis was proposed two decades ago, based on the then well-established flow measurement technology-laser Doppler velocimetry [110]. PDA is widely used in sizing spherical and homogeneous particles, such as liquid sprays, aerosols, air bubbles in liquid, or other spherical particles. When single particles move through the intersection of at least two focused laser beams, they scatter light from each beam with different individual Doppler frequency shifts. Multiple detectors are placed at... 

Our understanding of the hydrodynamics of multiphase flows has progressed substantially in the recent three decades, thanks to the development of advanced experimental techniques, particularly laser Doppler anemometry (LDA), particle image velocimetry (PIV), computer-automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT), and optical bubble probes. In addition, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations allow for inner views in two-phase process equipment. 

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