Ray-Tracing Based Image Correction of Optical Distortion for PIV Measurements in Packed Beds
Fabio J. W. A. Martinsa,*, Clauson Carvalho da Silvab, Christian Lessigb, Katharina Zähringea
Journal of Advanced Optics and Photonics, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 71-94, 2018, DOI:10.32604/jaop.2018.03870
- 22 April 2021
Abstract Packed beds are employed in a wide range of industrial processes, making their optimization an important objective. This requires a thorough understanding of the flow characteristics in the interstices of the bed and the influence of parameters such as packing material, fluid type and flow rate. Next to numerical simulations that have been performed, liquid flows in packed beds have been experimentally investigated by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), with optical accessibility obtained using refractive index matching and transparent geometries. For gaseous flows through packed beds, where refractive index matching is not available, there is, in… More >