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| 10.2
cm Semi-Batch Bubble Column (picture
| schematic) |
- 2.3 m tall
- 2 pressure transducers
- 2 mass flow meters
• 0 – 30 lpm (air)
• 0 – 100 lpm (air)
- Perforated plate gas distributors
(1 mm diameter holes):
• A = 0.62% (A = open area ratio)
• A = 0.93%
• A = 2.22%
- Porous plate gas distributors:
• 25.7% porosity (made from 0.5 micron particles)
• 45.7% porosity (made from 20 microns particles)
• 57.3% porosity (made from 100 microns particles)
- Computer-controlled data acquisition
system
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| 15.2 cm Semi-Batch Bubble Column
(picture
| schematic) |
- 4 m tall
- 3 pressure transducers
- 2 thermocouples
- 3 mass flow meters
• 0 – 15 lpm (air)
• 0 – 50 lpm (air)
• 0 – 200 lpm (air)
- Perforated plate gas distributors
(1 mm diameter holes) (link
to picture):
• A = 0.57% (A = open area ratio)
• A = 0.99%
• A = 2.14%
- Computer-controlled data acquisition
system
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| 32.1 cm Semi-Batch Bubble Column
(picture
| schematic) |
- 5.75 m tall
- 11 pressure transducers
- 2 thermocouples
- 3 mass flow meters
• 0 – 200 lpm (air)
• 0 – 500 lpm (air)
• 0 – 1000 lpm (air)
- Perforated plate gas distributors
(1 mm diameter holes)
• A = 0.49% (A = open area ratio) (link
to picture)
• A = 0.95% (link
to picture)
• A = 2.03% (link
to picture)
- Computer-controlled data acquisition
system
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| 15.2 cm Cocurrent Bubble Column
(picture
| schematic) |
- 4 m tall
- 5 pressure transducers
- 2 thermocouples
- 3 mass flow meters
• 0 – 30 lpm (air)
• 0 – 100 lpm (air)
• 0 – 500 lpm (air)
- Magnetic flow meter
• 0-195 lpm (water)
- 100 gal storage tank
- 7.5 hp slurry pump with variable frequency drive
- 0.5 hp mixer
- Radial gas distributor (link
to picture | link
to schematic)
- Computer-controlled data acquisition system
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| LORAD
LPX200 portable X-ray unit (2) (picture) |
- 10-200 kV, 0.1-10 mA, 900 W (max)
- 1.5 mm spot size
- 60° horizontal, 40° vertical
cone beam
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| Precise Optics PS164X image
intensifier (2) (picture) |
- Input region: 40.6 cm diameter
- Output region: 35 mm diameter
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| DVC-1412 CCD camera (2) |
- Pixel size: 6.45 µm x 6.45
µm
- Active pixels: 1388(H) x 1024(V)
- Frame rate (binning): 10 fps (1x1),
20 fps (2x2), 40 fps (4x4), 60 fps (8x8)
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| Motorized zoom lens (2) |
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| Hamamatsu CsI phosphor screen
(link to picture when available) |
- Input region: 44 cm x 44 cm (square)
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| Apogee Alta U9 CCD camera |
- Pixel size: 9 µm x 9 µm
- Active pixels: 3072(H) x 2048(V)
- Thermoelectric cooler for low
noise and long exposures
- Digitized signal capability of
either 12 bit or 16 bit
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| Rotation system (picture) |
- Rotek 101.4 cm ID 150 tooth slewing
ring
- 30 tooth pinion gear
- Parker 25:1 gearbox
- Compumotor stepper motor and ZETA6112
controller
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| Vertical lift system
(picture) |
- 910 kg (2000 lb) winch
- Vertical track with 2.75 m travel
- Approximately 4 m span in imaging
region (with table extensions)
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| Control and data acquisition
computer |
- 3.0 GHz Pentium processor
- 250 GB hard-drive (2)
- 4 GB PC3200 DDR RAM
- Custom software for image acquisition,
reconstruction, and visualization
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| Image reconstruction computer |
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