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Velocity Measurements of Turbulent Two-Phase Flow in a High-Pressure Homogenizer Model

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Summary, in English

The effect of disperse phase volume fraction on the turbulence in a scale model of a high-pressure homogenizer was studied experimentally. Velocity fields of the continuous phase were measured using particle image velocimetry. Refractive index matching combined with digital filtering enabled measurement with disperse phase present. Geometry and physical properties were carefully scaled in order to ensure turbulent flow and disperse phase modulation comparable to that of a technical high-pressure homogenizer. The results show a widening of the jet downstream of the gap and increased Reynolds stresses in the region of high turbulence intensity. This is consistent with previous experiments under similar conditions. Furthermore, the spectra of turbulent kinetic energy were investigated, indicating that the increase in turbulent kinetic energy is mainly due to an increase in energy of eddies of large length scales.

Department/s

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

93-114

Publication/Series

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volume

200

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics
  • Food Engineering

Keywords

  • Emulsification
  • High-pressure homogenization
  • Multiphase flows
  • Particle
  • image velocimetry
  • Turbulence

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1563-5201