The Effects of Bubble Interface Contamination on Bubble Motion, Bubble-Induced Surrounding Liquid Motion and Mass Transfer

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Iburi ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Takayuki Saito
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Surface Tension ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Dissolution Process ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Equivalent Diameter ◽  
Liquid Motion ◽  
High Speed Video ◽  
Surrounding Liquid

Mass transfer from a bubble to the surrounding liquid plays an important role in chemical engineering processes. To improve the efficiency and safety of the processes, a deep understanding of the mass transfer mechanism from bubbles to the surrounding liquid is essential. In the present study, we examined a CO2 single bubble of 2∼3 mm in equivalent diameter that ascended zigzag in purified water and contaminated water (500ppm 1-pentanol solution). We used a high speed video camera systems with high spatial and temporal resolution, for visualization of the bubble wake and bubble-induced surrounding liquid motion. The dissolution process of CO2 from the bubble to the surrounding liquid was visualized via LIF/HPTS (Laser Induced Fluorescence) method. HPTS, which is a fluorescent substance, was excited by Ar ion laser with a wavelength of 458 nm, then emitted with a wavelength of 513 nm. A pH level of CO2 solution decreased with increase in CO2 concentration; hence the emission intensity of HPTS was reduced. As a result, dark regions observed below the bubble rear accorded with the bubble wakes; from visualization of this bubble wakes through the high speed video cameras, dynamic CO2 dissolution process was obtained. In the purified water, the bubble shape was oblate ellipsoid, and horse-shoe-like vortices were formed in the rear of the bubble. On the other hand, in the contaminated water, the bubble was nearly spherical. Furthermore, behavior of the vortices changed. These different results in two conditions were caused by the decrease in the surface tension owing to the bubble surface contamination. While the bubble was rising, the non-uniform distribution of the surfactant on the bubble surface occurred. Hence, a gradient of the surface tension was formed on the bubble surface, furthermore, it caused the Marangoni convection. Meanwhile, in order to consider the relationship between dissolution process and the surrounding liquid motion, we measured the liquid phase velocities via PIV.

scholarly journals Influence of liquid properties on ultrasonic atomization

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lozano ◽  
Juan Antonio García ◽  
Javier Alconchel ◽  
Félix Barreras ◽  
Esteban Calvo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Vapor Pressure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Liquid Surface ◽  
Video Sequences ◽  
Narrow Size Distribution ◽  
Piezoceramic Disk ◽  
Ultrasonic Atomization ◽  
High Speed Video

Ultrasonic atomization is very convenient because it can generate droplets with diameters of a few microns andwith very narrow size distribution. Besides, opposite to twin fluid nozzles, in ultrasonic atomization, dropletgeneration and transport are decoupled processes. Droplets are ejected from the liquid surface with very lowvelocities, so driving them is relatively simple. Although this atomization method is now common in some specificapplications, for example in household humidifiers, there are still some details about the physics of this processthat are not completely understood. Up to date, most of the published results have been limited to experimentswith water. However, it has been demonstrated that atomization rates quickly decrease as liquid viscosityincreases. This work analyzes the characteristics of ultrasonic atomization of some alternative fluids to determineif there is any influence of other physical properties such as surface tension or vapor pressure. Experiments areperformed using a commercial piezoceramic disk with a resonance frequency of 1.65 MHz. The disk is excitedwith a sinusoidal signal with voltage amplitudes that go up to 60 V. Sprays are visually characterized analyzinginstantaneous images and high speed video sequences. Besides atomization rates are calculated by measuringthe weight loss in a fixed time.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ILASS2017.2017.4588

scholarly journals Dynamics of Bubble Motion and Gas-Liquid Interfacial Phenomena

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsumi Tsuchiya
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Surface Wave ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Liquid Interface ◽  
Oscillatory Motion ◽  
Wave Formation ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Vertical Projection ◽  
Near Surface

Two aspects of the dynamics associated with oscillating bubbles are discussed in this paper: oscillatory motion of bubble itself and bubble-surface wave. The primary issue here is whether it is the case that the surface wave occurs in sychronization with the bubble’s oscillatory motion. The dynamic process of wave formation and propagation along the surface of an oscillating bubble is studied based on high-speed imaging, through which the wave characteristics such as wavelength and phase/propagation speed are evaluated as mostly the vertical projection of rather regularly generated bubble-surface ripples. The bubble oscillating motion is characterized quantitatively by the bubble-gyration (or edge-rotation) frequency, diameter and velocity. In addition, dynamics of mass transfer across gas–liquid interface in a gas-dispersed (continuous liquid) system are examined via high-sensitivity, high-speed imaging. The dispersive dynamics of the dissolved component from the gas into the liquid phase are visualized using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) with pH-sensitive pyrene (HPTS) for both a single and multi-bubble systems. The coupling between these dynamics of surface/interfacial flow and mass transfer is attempted towards better understanding of such complex phenomena prevailing in the vicinity of the fluctuating gas–liquid interface. Enhancement of the mass transfer is found to be associated with the (nonlinear) wave formation, influence of which could be included in modeling the mass-transfer coefficient, apart from an physical account of the near-surface concentration gradient. Due to significant bubble–bubble interactions in a multi-bubble system, the dispersive pattern of low-pH region arising from gas dissolution becomes extremely complex; the visual estimate of time variation in fluorescence level is then mainly made over a fixed space in the gas–liquid flow system.

Computational and Experimental Characterization of Single Bubble Dynamics in Isothermal Liquid Pools

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Subramani ◽  
S. K. Kasimsetty ◽  
R. M. Manglik ◽  
M. A. Jog
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Bubble Growth ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Growth Dynamics ◽  
Equivalent Diameter ◽  
Parametric Effects ◽  
Liquid Pools ◽  
Visualization Techniques

The process of bubble growth is of great influence on the bubble volume and bubble rise velocity. The overall behavior of bubbles at fluid interfaces depends strongly on bubble growth and the closely linked process of bubble detachment. In the present study, the dynamics of a single gas bubble emanating from an orifice submerged in isothermal liquid pools is investigated computationally and experimentally. The parametric effects of liquid properties, capillary diameters and air flow rates on the bubble shape, equivalent diameter, and growth times on the dynamic behavior (incipience, growth and necking) of air bubbles, in fluids of varying surface tension and viscosity, as it grows from a tip of a sub-millimeter-scale capillary orifice have been studied. Computational solutions have been obtained by solving the complete set of governing equations using Volume of Fluid (VOF) interface tracking method. The CFD model has been verified experimentally using optical high speed micro-scale flow visualization techniques. The results were analyzed in a theoretical stand point considering the various forces acting on the bubble such as forces due to buoyancy, viscosity, surface tension, liquid inertia, and gas momentum transport, and the consequent motion of the gas-liquid interface. The results obtained ascertain the role of liquid-gas interfacial forces as well as the fluid properties on the bubble growth dynamics.

Partial coalescence from bubbles to drops

2015 ◽  
Vol 782 ◽  
pp. 209-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Zhang ◽  
M.-J. Thoraval ◽  
S. T. Thoroddsen ◽  
P. Taborek
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Capillary Wave ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Bubble Density ◽  
Toroidal Bubble ◽  
Adaptive Grid Refinement ◽  
Surrounding Liquid

The coalescence of drops is a fundamental process in the coarsening of emulsions. However, counter-intuitively, this coalescence process can produce a satellite, approximately half the size of the original drop, which is detrimental to the overall coarsening. This also occurs during the coalescence of bubbles, while the resulting satellite is much smaller, approximately 10 %. To understand this difference, we have conducted a set of coalescence experiments using xenon bubbles inside a pressure chamber, where we can continuously raise the pressure from 1 up to 85 atm and thereby vary the density ratio between the inner and outer fluid, from 0.005 up to unity. Using high-speed video imaging, we observe a continuous increase in satellite size as the inner density is varied from the bubble to emulsion-droplet conditions, with the most rapid changes occurring as the bubble density grows up to 15 % of that of the surrounding liquid. We propose a model that successfully relates the satellite size to the capillary wave mode responsible for its pinch-off and the overall deformations from the drainage. The wavelength of the primary wave changes during its travel to the apex, with the instantaneous speed adjusting to the local wavelength. By estimating the travel time of this wave mode on the bubble surface, we also show that the model is consistent with the experiments. This wavenumber is determined by both the global drainage as well as the interface shapes during the rapid coalescence in the neck connecting the two drops or bubbles. The rate of drainage is shown to scale with the density of the inner fluid. Empirically, we find that the pinch-off occurs when 60 % of the bubble fluid has drained from it. Numerical simulations using the volume-of-fluid method with dynamic adaptive grid refinement can reproduce these dynamics, as well as show the associated vortical structure and stirring of the coalescing fluid masses. Enhanced stirring is observed for cases with second-stage pinch-offs. Numerous sub-satellites are observed when the length of the top protrusion of the drop exceeds the Rayleigh instability wavelength. We also find a parameter regime where the focusing of more than one capillary wave can pinch-off satellites. One realization shows a sequence of three pinch-offs, where the middle one pinches off a toroidal bubble.

scholarly journals Studying of the characteristics of a single bubble under subcooled liquid boiling

2021 ◽  
Vol 2088 (1) ◽  
pp. 012048
Author(s):  
N V Vasil’ev ◽  
Yu A Zeigarnik ◽  
K A Khodakov ◽  
S N Vavilov ◽  
A S Nikishin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Laser Heating ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Heat Conductance ◽  
Subcooled Liquid ◽  
High Speed Video ◽  
Surrounding Liquid

Abstract An experimental study of the characteristics of single (solitary) bubbles obtained by means of focused laser heating of the surface during the boiling of two subcooled liquids with significantly different properties: water and refrigerant R113 has been carried out. To obtain the most complete detailed information, the technique of synchronized high-speed video filming of the process in two mutually perpendicular planes with a frame rate of up to 150 kHz was used. It is shown that during the boiling of a subcooled liquid, the main mechanism of heat removal from the bubble dome into the surrounding liquid is an unsteady heat conductance. Differences in the behavior of solitary vapor bubbles in the case of boiling of two liquids (water and refrigerant R113) are shown.

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