PIV Systems
Measures the instantaneous global velocity field in a flowing fluid.
Measures droplet size and velocity simultaneously in sprays and other multiphase flows.
Provides detailed and accurate measurements in microchannels and similar devices.
On-line diagnostic tool that measures global scalar property fields along with the two- or three-component velocity field.
Non-intrusive, global measurements of scalar quantities such as temperature, concentration, pH, and species.
Stereoscopic imaging of particles in an illuminated plane in the flow
Flow measurements with very high update rates.
Measures velocity field within a truly volumetric region of the flow instantaneously.
Volumetric Velocimetry system with three removeable Powerview 4MP-180 cameras.
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Systems
TSI PIV systems measure velocity by determining particle displacement over a precisely selected time using a double-pulsed laser technique. A laser light sheet illuminates a plane in the flow, and the positions of particles (naturally present or added to the flow to have sufficient number of scatterers) in that plane are recorded using a digital camera. A short time (micro or milliseconds) later, a second pulse illuminates the same plane, creating a second set of particle image velocimetry.
From these sets of images, unique micro PIV and stereo PIV analysis algorithms obtain the particle displacements for the imaged region, to give the velocity information at thousands of locations-quickly, easily, reliably. Flow properties such as vorticity and strain rates are obtained for the entire region. Mean velocity, turbulence intensity, and higher order statistics are also obtained.
MicroPIV systems measure the global flow fields in MEMS and microchannels, while High Frame Rate systems provide time resolved measurements with kHz update rates. TSI systems using patented Hart and Rohaly-Hart correlations and MicroPIV techniques give the most accurate results. PIV/PLIF systems measure velocity and scalar properties.
To learn more about PIV instrumentation and the many areas of research this system is involved in, attend TSI's Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series presented by our experts.