Published March 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Analysis of the residence time distribution for a variable feed rate system by the state-space equation

  • 1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The radioactive experiments are carried out for diagnosis of a variety of industrial processes in terms of the operation condition and the efficiency by measuring the residence time distribution. However, it is not easy to interpret the residence time distribution using the conventional methods when the flow rate is not constant and a number of processes are coupled in a complicated manner. In these cases, they can be analyzed by describing the system with mathematical models that can be defined with the state-space equations. In this paper, the residence time distribution of sludge was measured with a radiotracer, 46Sc-EDTA, in the digester of which the flow rate varies with time. The digester was assumed as a linear time variant system since the flow rate changed during the experiment and the operation efficiency of the digester was calculated by applying the state-spae equations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radiation Industry
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
1
Series
7 refs, 4 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 85-89
ISSN
1976-2402