High Performance Particle Tracking Velocimetry for Fluidized Beds

Jouni Elfvengren, Jari Kolehmainen, Pentti Saarenrinne

2014

Abstract

Fluidized beds are used in wide variety of industrial applications. These applications range from energy production to chemical industry. Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) is an efficient way to study small scale behavior inside fluidized beds. An accurate PTV algorithm has to be able to perform also in relatively dense suspensions where particles may overlap and form clusters. PTV algorithms typically proceed from locating the particles to tracking their motion. Typically the particle locating has been based on either profile matching or image intensity thresholding. This study proposes a combined method that tries to take advantage of the both methods to overcome difficulties associated with dense suspensions. The method was tested in a synthetic case and in an experimental fluidized bed case. The synthetic tests showed a slight increase in error when the number of particles increased, but the error level remained acceptable. Results obtained from the fluidized bed were visually inspected. Visual inspection showed that most of the particles were tracked correctly, which suggests that the proposed method performs well also in practice.

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in Harvard Style

Elfvengren J., Kolehmainen J. and Saarenrinne P. (2014). High Performance Particle Tracking Velocimetry for Fluidized Beds . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-009-3, pages 441-449. DOI: 10.5220/0004659404410449


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp14,
author={Jouni Elfvengren and Jari Kolehmainen and Pentti Saarenrinne},
title={High Performance Particle Tracking Velocimetry for Fluidized Beds},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={441-449},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004659404410449},
isbn={978-989-758-009-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - High Performance Particle Tracking Velocimetry for Fluidized Beds
SN - 978-989-758-009-3
AU - Elfvengren J.
AU - Kolehmainen J.
AU - Saarenrinne P.
PY - 2014
SP - 441
EP - 449
DO - 10.5220/0004659404410449