MONITORING SAND PARTICLES IN TWO-PHASE FLOW WITH ACOUSTIC EMISSION | ||
| The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Article 45, Volume 15, 15th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2012, Pages 1-15 PDF (4.23 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/amme.2012.36955 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. E. El-Alej1; D. Mba2; T. Yan2 | ||
| 1School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, U.K. corresponder author. | ||
| 2School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, U.K. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT This paper presents an experimental investigation using acoustic emission (AE) technology to monitor sand transportation in two-phase flow. The initial investigation consisted of a preliminary experiment where a single sand particle was dropped from a height onto metal plates to provide a basis for monitoring particle impingement on metal pipes in two-phase or three-phase flow systems. Further investigations were undertaken on two phase (air-sand) flow in a horizontal pipe for varying Superficial Gas Velocities (VSG). The objective of this research programme is to develop a simple, non-invasive technique for monitoring of sand particle concentration levels in multi-phase flow conditions. The experimental findings show that AE absolute energy can be correlated with the size of sand particles, number of sand particles and VSG. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acoustic Emission (AE); multi-phase flow; sand monitoring; condition monitoring | ||
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