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The aim of this research is an application of digital image analysis for working out the method, which will allow to evaluate irregularity rate of two-phase flow across various geometry of tube bundle in aspect of the shell - and - tube heat exchanger optimization. Visualization of liquid flow in the shell — side enables an analysis of flow parameters by the use of image processing and analysis methods.
The images of two-phase flow were obtained by the use of digital high speed CCD camera, then were analysed, to obtain information about hydrodynamics of flow with respect to tube bundle arrangement. Optical techniques of measurement, based on correlation algorithms, allow accurate determination of stabilization of velocity fields for the whole field of flow in the shell-side. The aim of work was also an estimation of the influence of geometrical parameters (tube arrangements, tube spacings, number of rows) on the homogeneity of two-phase flow in the heat exchangers along with complex analysis of flow area, especially the still zones.
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Śleziak, M. (2007). Application of the image processing methods for analysis of two-phase flow in turbomachinery. In: Jabłoński, R., Turkowski, M., Szewczyk, R. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechatronics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73956-2_27
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