Evaluation Of Tank Hydraulic Characteristics Using Transient Tracer Technique

Abstract

The hydraulic characteristics of three reactors were examined: completely mixed, plug flow and continuous flow with baffles. Flow patterns through these three type of reactors were analyzed by introducing a tracer dye into the fluid entering the reactor and observing the tracer output, in the fluid effluent. The tracer was detected quantitatively and provided an impulse signal photonmetrica11y that led to the hydraulic analysis of each reactor employing Statistical Analysis System.