EP4022260A1 - Verfahren und anordnung zur ortsspezifischen charakterisierung der phasenzusammensetzung sowie der strömungsverhältnisse innerhalb eines schaumvolumen - Google Patents
Verfahren und anordnung zur ortsspezifischen charakterisierung der phasenzusammensetzung sowie der strömungsverhältnisse innerhalb eines schaumvolumenInfo
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- the invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the spatially resolved characterization of the phase composition and the spatially resolved flow conditions within a foam volume.
- foams in foam flotation In industrial production, in wastewater treatment, in paper recycling and in ore processing, the use of foams in foam flotation is known as a process for separating various solid particles. In doing so, chemical substances are often introduced into the solid-particle-liquid mixture present. These introduced substances often bind to the solid particles and give them the property "hydrophobic". By adding a foaming agent and using a bubble generator, which mostly blows air through the solid-liquid mixture, a foam is generated to which the now hydrophobic solid particles bind. The foam thus has a load of solid particles.
- Optical methods for measuring the foam crown height are predominantly used to characterize a foam, which may also be loaded. Further spread are among others. Ultrasound-based systems or measurements of electrical conductivity to determine the fill level of a column of liquid located under a foam.
- DE 10 2004 036 645 A1 shows a level sensor device by means of which, for example, the fill level of liquids in containers can be determined using an ultrasonic measuring method.
- the invention provides for an ultrasonic transducer to be embedded in a dip tube, the transducer emitting signals being arranged as close as possible to the bottom of the container.
- the transducer then sends a signal to a) a reflector, which is also located in the liquid and attached at a defined distance, and b) to the liquid boundary layer.
- the liquid-specific speed of sound is determined from the signal propagation time of the echo from the reflector.
- the height of the liquid column is now determined on the basis of the signal transit time of the signal reflected from the interface between fluid and air, which is also determined.
- the method is only suitable for liquids and does not allow foams to be characterized. Rather contrary to the existing technical problem, the invention claims that the method delivers error-free measured values despite foam formation on the liquid surface, since the sound signal does not radiate through the foam for structural reasons.
- US Pat. No. 8,495,913 B2 discloses an acoustic method which enables the determination of the positions, that is to say the phase boundaries, of different phases (for example liquid-phase-gas phase boundary) in containers.
- ultrasonic transducers are used, which are arranged in pairs on an axis parallel to the container wall (receiver-transmitter pair) both in the upper part and in the lower part of the container, the number of pairs between 2 and 500 being suggested for industrial applications.
- Each transmitter is assigned a corresponding opposite receiver, which generates an electrical signal from a sound signal from its transmitter. In the following, the electrical signals generated by the receivers are recorded.
- the acoustic properties of the electrical signals of the individual ultrasonic transducer pairs at different heights of the container can be determined. This makes it possible to determine at which point (on the axis parallel to the container side wall) which phase prevails.
- the method and the arrangement are not suitable for the determination of phase contents or the vertical speed within a foam.
- DE 198 10 092 A1 shows an ultrasound-based method for real-time recording of foam parameters during the production process of polyurethane foam (PUR) from the liquid phase to the presence of a stable, solid foam sonicated by means of a transmission method from an ultrasonic transducer.
- Material parameters such as viscosity, speed of sound, bubble size and bubble structure can be determined via a computer-aided evaluation (the invention does not mention a specific evaluation method here).
- the method does not include a spatially resolving measurement of the properties of the foam, for example flow fields within the developing foam. These cannot be recorded.
- DE 10 2006 057 772 A1 discloses a device for producing foam and an associated method for characterizing the foam produced.
- at least two pairs of electrodes are arranged in an electrode chamber, which is placed on a container containing a dispersion and connected to it, which measure the specific conductivity of the foam in a time-resolved manner while it rises in the electrode chamber during the manufacturing process.
- This enables a statement to be made about the The aging process of the foam as well as the bubble size distribution or gas content.
- the disintegration process of the foam volume can also be characterized and drainage (reduction in the proportion of liquid) can be observed.
- the method does not enable phase compositions to be determined, in particular particle content, and does not record spatially resolved flow velocities in the foam.
- a method for determining characteristic foam parameters is known from WO 2005/003758 A1.
- an image of the foam is recorded by means of a recording device (for example CCD camera) and an electronic image (binary image) of this is then generated.
- An image analysis using various mathematical methods is used to determine the parameters of the foam, especially the structure, composition or the state of aging. Flowing, disintegrating or stable, solid foams can be examined here.
- the disadvantage of the method is that the optical evaluation does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about structural parameters within the volume and thus any flow zones at various locations within the foam volume are not accessible from outside.
- DE 10 2017 117 475 A1 discloses a preferably acoustically designed analysis device and an analysis method which is used for the automatic detection of fill level parameters, more precisely the pouring parameters, of a foaming beverage liquid.
- the amount of drink bound in the foam is determined and the actual drink content of a glass is determined. Beyond that, no further phase distinction can be made.
- the object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to propose a method and an arrangement for the location-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within a foam volume.
- phase composition a method for the location-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within a foam volume is proposed.
- the nature of the foam-like medium to be examined is divided into several phases.
- a “gaseous phase” and a “liquid phase” are differentiated for the foam-like medium and the solid particles occurring in the foam are understood as the “solid phase”.
- the simultaneous presence of several of the phases described in a given or to be determined mixing ratio is understood as the phase composition.
- phase interfaces The transitions from one phase to another phase (air-liquid, air-solid, liquid-solid) are understood as phase interfaces.
- phase composition The portion that is accounted for by the solid phase of the phase composition is understood as particle loading in the context of this document.
- the flow conditions affect both the behavior of the individual phases and the behavior of the entirety of all phases in the volume when they are subjected to speed.
- the characterization is carried out using ultrasound and is carried out according to the steps a) sending an ultrasonic wave of at least one frequency using an ultrasonic transmitter into a foam volume, b) passing the ultrasonic wave through the foam volume, c) scattering the ultrasonic wave at the various phase interfaces, d) detecting the scattered Ultrasonic echoes by means of an ultrasonic receiver, e) Reconstruction of the phase composition from the measured damping properties, f) Comparison of the measured damping properties with the damping properties of known phase mixtures, g) Assignment of the transit time of the sound signal and the location of the backscatter, h) Reconstruction of the location-specific phase composition, i) Measurement of the longitudinal Velocity component in the respective time segment by comparing successive echo signals, j) Combination of the information from steps e), f), g), h) and i) to determine the site-specific flow velocity e to determine the phase boundary surfaces, k) Combination of the phase components with the local velocity to determine material flows.
- ultrasonic waves in the frequency range from 10 kHz to 10 MHz are introduced into the foam volume.
- a single frequency as well as a sequence or superposition of several frequencies can be used.
- the sound waves are coupled in such that the vector of the flow velocity of the foam volume prevailing in the target region with the bisector between the two direct connecting lines between the target region and the ultrasound transmitter or the target region and the ultrasound receiver assume a defined angle between 0 ° and 360 °, the angles being 90 ° and 270 ° are excluded, as these do not contain any information regarding a possible Doppler shift.
- the sound wave is scattered in the target region.
- the scattering of the incoming wave towards the wave detector is understood as an ultrasonic echo.
- the ultrasonic echo reaching the detector from the foam is recorded by the ultrasonic detector.
- the detected signal is divided into time segments with regard to the time of detection.
- the time segments of the scattered echo obtained in this way are correlated with spatial coordinates along the sound axis within the foam volume at which the echo generation took place.
- the amplitude spectrum of the scattered echo depends on the prevailing foam composition along the sound path and on the scattered object. For example, locations with a high particle load have different properties with regard to the reflection, absorption and transmittance that take place than the regions with low particle load.
- the terms reflection, absorption and transmittance are summarized under the term damping properties, and transmittance is the ability of a body to transmit waves.
- the attenuation properties along the sound path are calculated section-specifically from the measured sound echo using iterative mathematical methods.
- the specific damping properties for this segment are assigned to each temporal signal segment. From the reflection, transmittance and absorption, or the damping properties, a statement is made about the expected site-specific phase composition using models of the acoustic properties of known phase mixtures. On the basis of further models, the section-specific phase composition is used to determine the local speed of sound. From the entirety of the Sound velocities in each section, an association is made between the time section and the location of the echo generation.
- the foam movements in each temporal signal segment are measured by comparing the "phase position" of successive echo signals using the Doppler effect.
- the longitudinal velocity component of the phase interfaces along the sound axis is reconstructed via the above relationship between the time segment and the location of the echo generation.
- the invention thus advantageously enables a direct quantitative assessment of the proportionate composition of the foam with regard to its solid, liquid or gaseous phase constituents and the foam movement taking place in the collective.
- Ultrasound possibly abbreviated as US, is the term used to describe sound with frequencies above the human hearing frequency range. It covers frequencies from around 16 kHz up to frequencies of around 1 GHz.
- the range of ultrasound is understood as the frequency range from 10 kHz to 10 MHz, since in this range there is a compromise between sufficiently good high spatial resolution and the necessary penetration depth. The higher the sound frequency, the higher the attenuation and the lower the penetration depth.
- Ultrasonic transducers are often used to generate the ultrasound.
- An ultrasonic transducer can be operated as an ultrasonic transmitter and / or as an ultrasonic receiver
- An ultrasonic transducer array is the linear or flat arrangement of ultrasonic transducers.
- the spatial information is assigned to each time window of the received wave.
- the foams used to collect the measurement data have an average diameter of the foam bubbles of 5 mm with an uncertainty of up to +/- 1 mm.
- the present foam thus has a liquid phase between 0.1% and 5%.
- the transmission of series of consecutive ultrasonic pulses with the same frequency takes place by means of one or more ultrasonic transducers or series of consecutive ultrasonic pulses with different ultrasonic frequencies.
- the measurement and / or recording of the ultrasonic signal scattered and / or transmitted on the phase mixture is carried out by one or more ultrasonic transducers and a data processing system or evaluation electronics connected to them.
- the measured ultrasound signal or echo signal is divided into time-based sections and the measurement and / or determination of the intensity for different sound frequencies is carried out for these time-based sections.
- the amplitude of the scattered and / or transmitted ultrasonic signal measured in a phase mixture is identified with the intensity.
- model-based, possibly simulated, values of expected intensities of a scattered and / or transmitted ultrasonic signal in known phase mixtures are available and form an object for comparison with the measurement data.
- a model-based comparison of the intensities of the signals with the reflection, absorption and transmittance of phase mixtures with different is thus advantageous Compositions allowing for the superposition of reflection, absorption and transmission along the possible sound propagation paths.
- This comparison is used to reconstruct the composition of the phase mixture in the respective time-based sections.
- the transit time of the sound signal and the location of the backscattering along the sound propagation path are assigned. This results in a clear assignment of the respective time-based section in the echo signal and the real spatial sections along the sound propagation path.
- the method is applied to moving, flowing phase mixtures and an updated composition of the phase mixture in the spatial sections along the sound propagation path is made possible by repetitive execution of the method.
- the phase position is then compared in identical time-based sections of successive echo signals.
- the local speed of the phase mixture in the direction of the bisector between the incident and reflected sound waves can be calculated.
- the material flow in the respective spatial section can be determined.
- neural network offers the possibility of the advantageous use of self-learning algorithms. These are advantageously used in stationary systems, for example on an industrial scale.
- the possibility of using more powerful data processing systems ensures efficient processing of large amounts of data.
- the use of a neural network advantageously enables the mapping of complex and ambiguous relationships between sound propagation properties and foam composition.
- the arrangement for the location-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within a foam volume by means of ultrasound has at least one ultrasound transducer.
- the ultrasonic transducer is oriented in the relative vicinity of a foam volume in such a way that the ultrasound emitted by it follows a direct line from the transmitter to the target region, is scattered in the target region and, after scattering, propagates from the target region to the recipient.
- the propagation of the ultrasound will follow the following course in a direct line: entry into the foam volume, crossing the foam volume to the target region, scattering in the target region, among other things, in the direction of an ultrasound receiver, crossing the foam volume through the scattered wave, leaving the foam volume and subsequent detection through the ultrasonic transmitter.
- the connecting lines from the transmitter to the target region and from the target region to the receiver preferably enclose an angle of 0 ° to +/- 180 °.
- the case of +/- 180 ° is explicitly excluded here, since in this case no spatially resolved information about the foam speed can be obtained from the backscattered ultrasound.
- angles of the connecting lines from the transmitter to the target region and from the target region to the receiver of -5 ° to 5 ° are assumed, since a lower uncertainty of the measurement can advantageously be achieved in this area.
- Ultrasonic transducers are particularly preferably used, which work simultaneously as transmitter and receiver and thus the connection vectors starting from the transmitter to the target region and from the target region to the receiver are understood as antiparallel and thus include an angle of 0 °.
- the arrangement for the location-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within a foam volume by means of ultrasound additionally has at least one data processing system in one embodiment.
- the data processing system is preferably suitable for generating the ultrasonic signal, for supplying energy to the ultrasonic transducer (s) and for recording the signals of the ultrasonic receiver.
- the data processing system is designed in particular to measure the received signals with regard to their physical parameters “frequency”, “phase” and “amplitude spectrum”.
- the arrangement has an adjustment mechanism to which at least one ultrasound transmitter and / or at least one ultrasound receiver can be attached.
- the adjustment mechanism is suitable for varying the position of the ultrasonic elements in such a way that different, possibly neighboring locations can be irradiated with ultrasound.
- the combination of the position data of the adjustment mechanism and the measured physical parameters “frequency”, “phase” and “amplitude” of the backscattered wave can thus be used advantageously to expand the measuring range.
- any evaluation method is used after the detection of the ultrasonic wave properties of the respective scattered ultrasonic components.
- a computer program product for determining the phase composition of the flow conditions of a foam volume is executed on an advantageously used data processing system. For example, the measured wave properties “frequency”, “phase position” and “amplitude spectrum” over the duration of the echo signal are entered into the computer program product to cope with the calculation tasks.
- the basis of the computer program are models that describe the relationship between phase components and acoustic properties.
- the models used are preferably derived from model tests, since simulations often do not have the required level of confidence to adequately determine the site-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within the foam volume.
- Using the method for the location-specific characterization of the phase composition and the flow conditions within a foam volume by means of ultrasound advantageously enables the creation of image information, static or moving images.
- the kinematics of the foam flow can thus advantageously be determined and quantified.
- Characterization in real time is preferred, particularly when creating moving images.
- Real time here means that a given period of time is not exceeded between the recording of the measurement data and the output of the results after their evaluation by a data processing system. This also enables the required data processing system to be dimensioned advantageously in advance.
- a stationary version of the measuring arrangement is preferred for use in large-scale systems for permanent process control. This enables the advantageous use of more powerful data processing systems for the acquisition and analysis of large amounts of data.
- a portable system for use in measuring and testing tasks for monitoring purposes is preferred as a further embodiment. This advantageously enables the use of portable data processing systems, such as. B. Smartphones or tablet computers.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically the arrangement of a transducer array of ultrasonic transducers (101) in front of a foam run-off edge.
- a particle-laden foam with solid particles (401) flows over this edge, pointing in the direction of the transducer array.
- the irradiation of several wave fronts (201) of the ultrasound into the foam volume (301) is shown schematically.
- the scattered parts and the direction of flow of the flowing foam thus assume an angle in the claimed range between 0 ° and 90 °.
- Fig. 2 shows schematically the sequence of the method for determining the site-specific composition of a foam volume.
- the echo wave or the Echo signal (102) and is first divided into different time segments (202).
- the respective intensities of the echo signal at the given time segment are supplied to an analysis device in the form of a data processing system with a reconstruction algorithm (302).
- the echo signal is evaluated with regard to the amplitudes at different frequencies. From this, in turn, reflection and transmission at this position are determined.
- the phase composition can be determined therefrom by means of a model, for example a model calculation.
- the phase composition can in turn be used to deduce the local speed of sound and thus each time segment can be assigned to a location. This also enables the flow velocity to be evaluated in this time segment.
- the site-specific phase composition, the local speed of sound and the flow speed (402) can then be reconstructed.
- a round piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer is attached by means of a holder in the vicinity of a foam flow zone.
- the foam flow zone is the run-off edge of a foam flotation cell, over which the movement of the foam occurs.
- the direction of sound propagation of the ultrasonic transducer is arranged in relation to this run-off edge in such a way that the active, sound-generating surface points in the direction of the run-off edge.
- the ultrasonic transducer used has a diameter of the sound-generating surface, the so-called oscillator, of 19 mm and a nominal center frequency of 175 kHz.
- the ultrasonic transducer is controlled by suitable electronics.
- An ultrasonic wave is generated from the electrical signal.
- the electrical signal coupled into the converter corresponds to a square-wave signal and has a center frequency of 175 kHz.
- the signal amplitude is set to 160 V (peak to peak).
- the resulting ultrasonic wave thus has a center frequency of 175 kHz. This corresponds to a wavelength in air of approx. 2 mm.
- the ultrasonic signal is sustained for 5 periods.
- the following measurement steps are repeated at a rate of 250 Hz.
- the recording of the measurement data begins with the transmission of the ultrasonic signal. After it is emitted, it first spreads in the air and then penetrates the foam volume. In the foam volume, the sound is scattered on the foam structure as well as on the particles in the foam and thus experiences changes in its properties “frequency”, “phase position” and / or “amplitude”. Part of the scattered ultrasound is directed towards the ultrasonic transducer and received by it and converted into an electrical analog signal changed.
- the electrical analog signal is converted into an electrical digital signal by means of an analog-digital converter, AD converter, amplified and stored on a hard disk.
- the AD converter used for this has a sampling frequency of 625 kHz.
- the received and stored signals are divided into time-based sections for computer-aided post-processing.
- a time segment comprises a time span of 3.2 ps.
- the reflection, attenuation and transmission of the signal are determined for each of these sections and the phase proportions of the solid, liquid and gaseous phase are determined based on models from reflection, attenuation and transmission of the signal for each section.
- a computer program is used for the model-based determination of the flow velocity of the foam, which calculates these signal sequences recorded one after the other from the measurement data of the time segments by means of a Doppler-based evaluation method.
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