Industrial Process Tomography for Turbulent Pipe Flows

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 project will evaluate the feasibility of obtaining statistics (mean, RMS and spatial correlation) of mixing of particulates in turbulent pipe flows.  The two key issues that will be addressed during the proposed work are: (1) the feasibility of obtaining local statistics of particles in a turbulent smoke jet using the deconvolution algorithm, and (2) the feasibility of obtaining laser extinction measurement in smoke laden turbulent flow confined within a pipe.  Two tasks are planned to address the feasibility of obtaining statistics of particulates in a turbulent pipe flow.  The first is to evaluate the deconvolution algorithm in a turbulent smoke jet.  The second is to utilize the algorithm in a smoke laden turbulent pipe flow with a variable size opening on the pipe.  The statistics of particulates confined in the pipe will be determined asymptotically by varying the opening size.