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Application of Residence Time Distribution for Measuring the Fluid Velocity and Dispersion Coefficient
Author(s) -
Zhang T. W.,
Wang T. F.,
Wang J. F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200600002
Subject(s) - residence time distribution , moment (physics) , dispersion (optics) , noise (video) , white noise , work (physics) , least squares function approximation , mathematics , distribution (mathematics) , mechanics , curve fitting , residence time (fluid dynamics) , statistics , control theory (sociology) , mathematical analysis , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , optics , computer science , classical mechanics , geotechnical engineering , artificial intelligence , estimator , image (mathematics) , flow (mathematics) , control (management)
Most studies on residence time distribution (RTD) have focused on the tail of the RTD curve, and very little attention has been paid to the effect of white noise on the measured results. The aim of this work is to study the effect of white noise on the calculated parameters with different data processing methods. The anti‐disturbance abilities of the moment method and the least squares method are compared. The results show that the anti‐disturbance ability of the least squares method was better than that of the moment method. As a result of peak overlapping in the RTD curve of a loop reactor, the moment method cannot be used to calculate the fluid velocity and dispersion coefficient. Experiments show that the least squares method is still applicable in a loop reactor.