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EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
Description of Apparatus
The primary piece of equipment used in this experiment is a
packed bed column standing perpendicular to the floor and made of
clear Plexiglas.
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Diagnostic Run
The column is stored under the atmospheric pressure of air, and
the top of the column with water. An air compressor is also coupled to
the column and feeds the top of the column with pressurized air.
Circuit breakers control the power to the compressor and water
pump, and are located on the wall by the computer station. The flow
of air and water to the column are controlled by two sets of control
valves.
The control valves are opened, to avoid any pressure build up in
the pipes, and then the water pump and the compressor are turned
on, allowing air and water to flow into the column.
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Experimental Measurements
By varying the gas and liquid flow rates to the column a full
pulsing flow patterns are explored during our experiment. The gas
flow rate and the liquid flow rate were simultaneously adjusted to
observe trickle and pulse flow.
The liquid and gas rate are set as desired, then the flow pattern
in the column is allowed to stabilize. The stability of the column is
determined through the data acquisition program. The program plots
the transducer pressure readings as a function of time. Stability for
trickling flow is achieved when the pressure is a constant value with
time.
Stability for pulsing flow occurs when the pulses occur with
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