Caractérisation de la dispersion avec un modèle fractionnaire

Abstract

We use the fractional dispersion concept to analyse the anomalous diffusion regime shown in a tracer dispersion in a hydrodynamical Taylor-Couette experiment. The anomalous diffusion is characterized with a parameter a (diffusion exponent), equal to two for the Gaussian diffusion. The results of the fractional advection-diffusion equa lion are compared to the concentration curves of the residence time distributions obtained in the experiment and to those from a coupled advection-diffusion model. The diffusion exponent, the generalized diffusion coefficient and the axial velocity are evaluated by fit.