Easy to build, modular and large scale pipe conveying fluid experimental setup.

The pipe conveying fluid is a classic fluid structure interaction experiment. First studied for industrial applications such as liners and pipelines, it became a "paradigm" of non-linear dynamics in the same way as the vertical rotating shaft. Hundreds of papers studying different pipe instabilities and different phenomena with various numerical and analytical methods have been published in the last decades. However, many studies lack the comparison with experimental data to validate the analytical models and numerical simulations. Indeed, designing and building a pipe conveying fluid experimental setup can prove to be a long and a burdensome process. This paper presents an easy to build pipe conveying fluid experimental setup built in the LM2 laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal. Fig. 1 presents the global architecture of this experimental rig. This large scale setup uses relatively high speed cameras to track the pipe in three dimensions. It does not require heavy construction or major plumbing and electrical work. Moreover, it is removable and can be modified easily to observe different phenomena with various large scale pipes or boundary conditions. Lastly, it is relatively inexpensive as it costs less than 20 000 US dollars including all the sensors and acquisition systems.

[Characteristics of the Size Distribution of Water Soluble Inorganic Ions in Sanya, Hainan].

Size-resolved filter samples were collected in Sanya every other week from June 2012 to May 2014. The mass concentrations of water-soluble inorganic ions, including anions (Cl-, NO3-, SO42-) and cations (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) were measured by ion chromatography. The results showed that the total concentrations of measured water-soluble inorganic ions were (8.91±7.27) and (11.34±9.37) µg·m-3 in PM2.1 and PM2.1-9, respectively. In PM2.1, SO42- and NH4+ comprised 72.2% of all water-soluble inorganic ions, while in PM2.1~9, Cl-, Ca2+ and Na+ comprised 67.6% of all water-soluble inorganic ions. In PM2.1, the total concentrations of water-soluble inorganic ions had highest concentrations in winter and lowest concentrations in summer. In PM2.1~9, the total concentrations of water-soluble inorganic ions presented the highest concentrations in summer. SO42- and NH4+ showed bimodal size distributions and the peaks in the fine mode shifted from 0.43-0.65 µm in spring, summer and autumn to 0.65-1.1 µm in winter. NO3-, Na+, Cl-, Ca2+ and Mg2+ were unimodal with the peaks in the coarse mode of 4.7-9.0 µm. K+ showed bimodal size distribution with the fine mode at 0.43-0.65 µm and the coarse mode at 4.7-5.8 µm. PCA analysis showed that water-soluble inorganic ions were mainly affected by the secondary formation, sea salt and soil particles or falling dust.

[Concentrations and Size Distributions of Water-soluble Inorganic Ions in Aerosol Particles in Taiyuan, Shanxi].

Size-resolved filter samples were collected in Taiyuan every other week from June 2012 to May 2014. The mass concentrations of water-soluble ions (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, F-, Cl-, NO3- and SO42-) were measured by ion chromatography. The results showed that the total concentrations of measured water-soluble ions were (15.39±9.91), (21.10±15.49) and (36.34±18.51) µg·m-3 in PM1.1, PM2.1 and PM9, respectively. In PM1.1 and PM2.1, secondary water-soluble ions (SO42-, NO3- and NH4+) comprised 87.59% and 86.30% of all water-soluble ions, respectively, while in PM9, SO42- and Ca2+ comprised 32.78% and 28.54% of all water-soluble ions, respectively. SO42- and NH4+ had higher concentrations in winter and summer, and lower in spring and autumn. NO3-, K+and Cl- presented similar seasonal variation with a descending order of winter >autumn >spring >summer, and Ca2+ and Mg2+ followed the sequence of spring >winter >autumn >summer. SO42- and NH4+ showed a unimodal size distribution and the peak in the fine mode shifted from 0.43-0.65 µm in spring and autumn to 0.65-1.1 µm in summer. NO3- showed a bimodal size distribution. NO3- and NH4+ were dominated by the fine mode peaking at 0.43-2.1 µm in winter, and NO3- was dominated by the coarse mode peaking at 4.7-5.8 µm in summer. K+, Na+and Cl- also showed a bimodal size distribution with the fine mode at 0.43-1.1 µm and the coarse mode at 4.7-5.8 µm. Ca2+, Mg2+ and F- were unimodal with the peak in the coarse mode of 4.7-5.8 µm. On heavily polluted days, the mass concentrations of secondary water-soluble ions and Cl- accumulated, and secondary water-soluble ions were unimodal with the peak in the fine mode of 1.1-2.1 µm. However, on clear days, secondary water-soluble ions showed a bimodal size distribution with the fine mode at 0.43-0.65 µm and the coarse mode at 4.7-5.8 µm. The peak of secondary water-soluble ions in the fine mode shifted. PCA analysis showed that the sources of water-soluble ions were dominated by the secondary formation, coal combustion, industrial emission, biomass burning, and soil particles or falling dust.

[Characteristics of Water-soluble Inorganic Ions in Atmospheric Aerosols in Shenyang].

To investigate the levels and seasonal variation of water soluble inorganic components in ambient aerosol in Shenyang, 25 samples were collected with Andersen cascade sampler from Jun. 2012 to May. 2013 and nine water-soluble ions in samples were analyzed by IC. The different characteristics of aerosols between clean and pollution days in winter were discussed based on these samples. The results showed that the annual concentrations of total water soluble inorganic ions were 22.30 µg·m-3 and 14.29 µg·m-3 in fine and coarse particles, and SO42- and Ca2+ were the most abundant ions, respectively. The ratio of mass concentration between SO42- and NO3- was 2.28 and the NH4+ existed in the form of (NH4)2SO4 and NH4NO3 in fine particles. The concentrations of total water soluble ions in fine particles were higher in winter and spring compared with those in summer and autumn, and they varied significantly between different seasons. The fossil fuel consumption led to the maximum values of secondary inorganic ions in fine particles during winter. The concentrations of total water soluble ions in coarse particles varied slightly though they were higher in autumn and lower in winter, and the wind-drifting sand was responsible for the higher concentration of Ca2+ in autumn in coarse particles. The concentration of SO42-, NO3-, NH4+ accounted for 80% of total water soluble inorganic ions during clean days and rose to 94% during pollution days. The ions were mostly concentrated in the size ranges of 0.43-0.65 µm and 0.43-2.1 µm respectively during clean and pollution days in fine mode. The peaks of SO42-, NO3-, NH4+ in fine mode shifted from 0.43-0.65 µm to 1.1-2.1 µm, which meant these ions were transformed from condensing mode to droplets mode during pollution days. The air mass produced at Lake Baikal and transported through high altitude to the sampling point caused clean days, however the air mass transported through industrial areas might bring pollutions to the sampling point then caused pollution days.

[Size distributions of water-soluble inorganic ions in atmospheric aerosols in Fukang].

To investigate the levels and size distributions of water soluble inorganic components, samples were collected with Andersen cascade sampler from Feb. 2011 to Feb. 2012, in Fukang, and were analyzed by IC. The variation trend, concentration level, composition, sources and size distribution of major ions during non-heating period were compared with heating period. Based on the specific samples, ionic compositions and size distributions were analyzed during heavy pollution, straw burning and spring planting periods. The results showed that inorganic components in Fukang were severely affected by heating. The total water soluble ions in fine and coarse particles during non-heating and heating periods were 11.17, 12.68 microg x m(-3) and 35.98, 22.22 microg x m(-3), respectively. SO4(2-) was mainly from saline-alkali soil, NO3(-) and NH4(+) were from resuspension of farmland soil during non-heating period, while SO4(2-), NO3(-) and NH4(+) were all from the fossil fuel consumption during the heating period. All ions were bimodal distribution during non-heating and heating periods. During the heating period, the particle size growth of SO4(2-), NO3(-) and NH4(+) in fine mode was found, SO4(2-) and NH4(+) peaked at 3.3-4.7 microm in coarse particles. Secondary pollutions were serious during heavy pollution days with high levels of secondary ions between 1.1 and 2.1 microm. Biomass burning obviously affected the size distribution of ions during the straw burning period and ions focused on smaller than 0.65 microm, while there were more soil dusts during spring planting periods and ions concentrated in larger than 3.3 microm.

[Water-soluble inorganic salts in ambient aerosol particles in Tangshan].

To investigate the levels, seasonal variation and size distributions of water soluble inorganic components, samples were collected with an Andersen cascade sampler in Tangshan from Sep. 2010 to Aug. 2011, and were analyzed by IC. The results showed that the secondary inorganic components (SO4(2-), NO3(-) and NH4(+)) were the major contributors to PM9 and PM2.1, accounting for 68% and 77% of the total water soluble salts in PM9 and PM2.1, respectively. The total concentrations of these three ions in spring, summer, autumn, and winter were 35.0, 84.7, 67.3 and 61.6 microg x m(-3) in PM9, and 23.2, 64.8, 52.7 and 49.6 microg x m(-3) in PM2.1. About 70%, 75% and 94% of SO4(2-), NO3(-) and NH4(+) were found in the fine mode of aerosol, respectively. Ca2+ and Mg2+ were unimodal and mostly concentrated in the coarse mode. Those results indicated that the pollution caused by atmospheric particles is serious in Tangshan. It is urgent to control the anthropogenic emissions sources, such as vehicle emission, coal and biomass burning. Meanwhile, it is necessary to strengthen the greening and reinforce the management of the road construction.