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An In-Line Dye Tracer Experiment to Measure the Residence Time in Continuous Concrete Processing (2024-05)

10.1617/s11527-024-02378-y

 Deetman Arjen,  Bos Derk,  Blaakmeer Jan,  Salet Theo,  Lucas Sandra
Journal Article - Materials and Structures, Vol. 57, Iss. 5

Abstract

This paper introduces an in-line dye tracer experiment to measure the residence time functions in continuous concrete processing. These functions quantify the material-system interdependency and can be used to compare different material-system combinations and for quality and process control. A Rhodamine B solution was used as the tracer material and detected by measuring the color intensity using a digital image processing technique. The experiment was validated on a 3D concrete printing system by comparing the results of impulse, step-up and step-down inputs with different tracer quantities. The results show that a high signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained with low tracer concentrations. For the examined combination of material and system, an impact on the original process was only observed for the step-up inputs at high tracer quantities. It is concluded that the presented method is cost-effective and non-labor-intensive and, therefore, has the potential for wide adoption and integration in automated workflows.

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BibTeX
@article{deet_bos_blaa_sale.2024.AILDTEtMtRTiCCP,
  author            = "Arjen H. Deetman and Derk H. Bos and Jan Blaakmeer and Theo A. M. Salet and Sandra Simaria de Oliveira Lucas",
  title             = "An In-Line Dye Tracer Experiment to Measure the Residence Time in Continuous Concrete Processing",
  doi               = "10.1617/s11527-024-02378-y",
  year              = "2024",
  journal           = "Materials and Structures",
  volume            = "57",
  number            = "5",
}
Formatted Citation

A. H. Deetman, D. H. Bos, J. Blaakmeer, T. A. M. Salet and S. S. de Oliveira Lucas, “An In-Line Dye Tracer Experiment to Measure the Residence Time in Continuous Concrete Processing”, Materials and Structures, vol. 57, no. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1617/s11527-024-02378-y.

Deetman, Arjen H., Derk H. Bos, Jan Blaakmeer, Theo A. M. Salet, and Sandra Simaria de Oliveira Lucas. “An In-Line Dye Tracer Experiment to Measure the Residence Time in Continuous Concrete Processing”. Materials and Structures 57, no. 5 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-024-02378-y.