Abstract
The concentration profiles for turbulent flow were determined using a radiotracer technique. An experimental test device was constructed and sodium-24 was used as the tracer. Methylene-blue was also used for a comparison of the results. Samples were taken from different radial planes. The mean squared displacement was calculated and compared with the data of Taylor and Middleman [Taylor, A.R., Middleman, S., 1974. Turbulent dispersion in drag-reducing fluids. AIChE Journal, 20(3), 454-461]. It was shown that the radiotracer technique could be applied successfully to turbulent flow in vertical pipes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-375 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Applied Radiation and Isotopes |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 1999 |
Funding
This study is supported by Research Foundation of Istanbul Technical University. We are grateful to Professor Dr. Hasbi Yavuz, director of I.T.U Institute for Nuclear Energy and the TRIGA Mark-II Reactor, and the reactor personnel for help with irradiations, and the personnel of the Department of Chemistry in Science and Literature Faculty for help with the spectrophotometric measurements.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi |
Keywords
- Lagrangian velocity correlation coefficient
- Mean squared displacement
- Na-24
- Radiotracer technique
- Turbulent flow
- Vertical pipes