SediSound: Novel acoustic instrumentation for quantifying and characterising multiphase flows

SediSound：用于量化和表征多相流的新型声学仪器

• 批准号: EP/X042014/1
• 负责人: Daniel Parsons
• 金额: $ 16.47万
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX042014%2F1
• 关键词: SediSound; Novel; acoustic; instrumentation; quantifying

This project will develop and test a new instrument capable of simultaneously measuring the flow velocity, suspendedsediment concentration and grain size of multi-phase fluid flows across multiple dimensions at high temporal resolution. Existingcommercially-available instruments permit the quantification of multi-dimensional velocities either at-a-point or over smallprofiles and other commercially-available instruments permit the quantification of suspended sediment and grain sizeprofiles, but no commercially-available instrument permits the simultaneous measurement of both multi-dimensional velocityand sediment profiles.The development of such an instrument will lead to a step change in the quantification of key processes within a range ofenvironmental and industrial two-phase flows, including quantification of the turbulent shear stresses responsible for drivingerosion, transport and deposition of sediments in riverine and coastal environments through to flow processes in a range ofindustrial flow processes and water treatment facilities. Such an instrument will therefore have wide utility and significantcommercial potential. The work within the programme will design, build, test and validate both hardware and the softwarerequired to run the instrument. The results will be bench-marked and tested against a suite of existing instrumentation foreach of the component measurements as part of the ongoing aligned ERC Consolidator Project. The PoC also has anembedded developer (Ubertone) with robust IPR agreements in place, and as well as end user partners involved in theprogramme of work in a prototype testing phase, which together provide and outcome the development of a pathway tomarket for the new technology developed.

该项目将开发和测试一种新的仪器，能够以高时间分辨率同时测量多相流体流动的多维度流速、悬浮泥沙浓度和粒度。商业上可获得的仪器允许在一个点上或在小剖面上量化多维速度，而其他商业上可获得的仪器允许量化悬浮沉积物和粒度剖面，但是没有商业上可获得的仪器允许同时测量多个-三维速度和沉积物剖面。这种仪器的发展将导致一个范围内的关键过程的量化阶跃变化。环境和工业的两相流，包括量化的湍流剪切应力，负责驱动侵蚀，运输和沉积物在河流和沿海环境，通过流动过程中的一系列室内流动过程和水处理设施。因此，这种仪器将具有广泛的用途和巨大的商业潜力。该方案内的工作将设计、建造、测试和验证运行仪器所需的硬件和软件。作为正在进行的ERC整合项目的一部分，将对每个组件测量的一套现有仪器进行基准测试和测试。该系统还拥有一个嵌入式开发人员（Ubertone），该开发人员已签订了强有力的知识产权协议，以及参与原型测试阶段工作方案的最终用户合作伙伴，这些合作伙伴共同为所开发的新技术提供了一条通往市场的道路，并取得了成果。