Title :
Application of image processing for a bubble column reactor
Author :
Iyer, Kritika ; Shridharani, S. ; Arunkumar, Saritha ; Venkatesan, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., SASTRA Univ., Thanjavur, India
Abstract :
Two phase flow is the simultaneous flow of two phases predominantly a gas and a liquid. A bubble column reactor is an example of the application of two phase flows. Bubble column reactors find their use in bioprocesses and in chemical industries. In this article the changes in the nature of air bubbles due to the change in flow rate has been studied using image processing techniques. The flow rate of air is controlled by a flow control valve. Photographs of the bubbles are taken for various velocities. An Image processing algorithm is developed using various image processing techniques and the photographs are analysed. The properties such as the velocity, shape and area of the bubbles are studied by image processing techniques.
Keywords :
bubbles; chemical reactors; computational fluid dynamics; image processing; two-phase flow; air bubbles; bioprocesses; bubble column reactor; bubbles area; bubbles shape; bubbles velocity; chemical industries; flow control valve; gas-liquid flow; image processing algorithm; image processing techniques; two phase flow; Algorithm design and analysis; Gray-scale; Image edge detection; Inductors; Noise; Transforms; Bubble column reactor; characteristics of bubble; image processing; two phase flow;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Enathi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1594-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIC.2013.6724169
