Visualization of mixing upper and lower stratified suspensions using red and blue fluorescent particles
Visualization of mixing upper and lower stratified suspensions using red and blue fluorescent particles

Y. Tanaka, T. Iwaguchi, Y. Yamamoto, R. Otomo, S. Harada
Multiphase Science and Technology
Multiphase Science and Technology, 10.1615/MultScienTechn.2023048360. – Published Online 31 August 2023; doi:https://doi.org/10.1615/MultScienTechn.2023048360



Abstract

We conducted visualization experiments to investigate the mixing of upper and lower stratified suspensions for macroscopic mixing. We used spectroscopy to distinguish the upper and lower suspensions in the images recorded by the color camera, by replacing the upper and lower suspended particles with blue and red fluorescent particles, respectively. We also proposed a method to determine the mass of adsorbed particles and the volume of fluorescent solution required to produce fluorescent particles by using the two calibration curves and the Freundlich equation. Visualization with fluorescent particles proved to be effective for macroscopic mixing by comparing mono and color images. Finally, we found good agreement in the trends between the experimental and numerical results.


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