The Formation Mechanism and Simulation of Micro Bubble in Multi-Phases Flow in Mesoscopic Scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 779 ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Wei Long ◽  
Zai Shuai Ling

The dissolution mechanism of air and formation mechanism of bubble in the scopic-scale Be based on VOF model,with the help of Fluent software,For the single bubble rising in the water by numerical simulation;The results show that liquid phase flow state is a key factor affecting the speed of the bubbles rise;Pressure difference is the main reason cause the jets and bubbles deformation.

2014 ◽  
Vol 722 ◽  
pp. 97-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zai Shuai Ling ◽  
Wei Long ◽  
Zhang Yong Wu

The dissolution mechanism of air and formation mechanism of bubble in the scopic-scale,and the change rule of the velocity and pressure of bubble in the rising process,made the theoretical analysis and explanation. Be based on VOF model,with the help of Fluent software,For the single bubble rising in the water by numerical simulation;The results show that liquid phase flow state is a key factor affecting the speed of the bubbles rise;Pressure difference is the main reason cause the jets and bubbles deformation.Through the above process in the rising process of the bubble velocity and pressure changes, and a detailed analysis of inquiry, the pressure and velocity of the bubble rising process show up more realistic.


2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Chun Lin Zhang ◽  
Nian Su Hu ◽  
Wen Yang ◽  
Jian Mei Wang ◽  
Min Li ◽  
...  

With the development of the power grid, the proportion of large capacity unit is increasing rapidly. It requires a more in-depth study on the reliability of the unit, especially for the unit adjusting the peak. This paper concerned on the research of the surface heat transfer coefficient, which is the key factor affect the precision in thermal stress analysis. The surface heat transfer coefficient is obtained via the numerical calculation for the steam’s flow state and the transient heat transfer between rotor. This paper mainly describes the steam’s flow state and the transient heat transfer with the steam seal, and the results show that the direct numerical calculation is resultful in this subject.


Author(s):  
Yumi Yamada ◽  
Toyou Akashi ◽  
Minoru Takahashi

In a lead-bismuth alloy (45%Pb-55%Bi) cooled direct contact boiling water fast reactor (PBWFR), steam can be produced by direct contact of feed water with primary Pb-Bi coolant in the upper core plenum, and Pb-Bi coolant can be circulated by buoyancy forces of steam bubbles. As a basic study to investigate the two-phase flow characteristics in the chimneys of PBWFR, a two-dimensional two-phase flow was simulated by injecting argon gas into Pb-Bi pool in a rectangular vessel (400mm in length, 1500mm in height, 50mm in width), and bubble behaviors were investigated experimentally. Bubble sizes, bubble rising velocities and void fractions were measured using void probes. Argon gas was injected through five nozzles of 4mm in diameter into Pb-Bi at two locations. The experimental conditions are the pressure of atmospheric pressure, Pb-Bi temperatures of 443K, and the flow rate of injection Ar gas is 10, 20, and 30 NL/min. The measured bubble rising velocities were distributed in the range from 1 to 3 m/s. The average velocity was about 0.6 m/s. The measured bubble chord lengths were distributed from 1mm up to 30mm. The average chord length was about 7mm. An analysis was performed by two-dimensional and two-fluid model. The experimental results were compared with the analytical results to evaluate the validity of the analytical model. Although large diameter bubbles were observed in the experiment, the drag force model for spherical bubbles performed better for simulation of the experimental result because of high surface tension force of Pb-Bi.


2010 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Ping Mei Ming ◽  
Wu Ji Jiang ◽  
Yin Ding Lv

In this paper, the influences of applied magnetic field on flow state during electroforming of the high-aspect-ratio (HAR) blind micro-hole were numerically analyzed using the Fluent software. The results showed that, when microelectroforming of nickel without external agitation, three vortexes could form due to the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effect within the HAR micro-hole with magnetic field in parallel to cathode-electrode surface, and the flow rate in the micro-hole increased with the increase of the magnetic field and current density. The MHD effect helped to enhance mass transfer during the microelectroforming of HAR microstructures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6 Part B) ◽  
pp. 4415-4421
Author(s):  
Zheng-Zheng Cao ◽  
Yu-Feng Xue ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Jia-Rui Chen ◽  
Yu-Lou Ren

The fault water inrush is a key factor which leads to tunnel construction in karst regions. Based on the fluid mechanics principles, the paper addresses a numer?ical coupled model for karst fault tunnel with COMSOL Multiphysics software. Besides, the Darcy law equation, Brinkman equation, and Navier-Stokes equation are inserted to stimulate the steady flow of aquifer, the non-linear seepage of fault and the free flow in tunnel excavating area in software, respectively. Then, the pres?sure and flow velocity in three flow fields are analyzed under different permeability ratios in numerical model. It is shown that the fault permeability is the key factor affecting water inrush, and that the pressure and flow velocity change visibly in adjacent domains between two flow fields.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ronghua Chen ◽  
Minghao Zhang ◽  
Kailun Guo ◽  
Dawei Zhao ◽  
Wenxi Tian ◽  
...  

Two-phase flow instability may occur in nuclear reactor systems, which is often accompanied by periodic fluctuation in fluid flow rate. In this study, bubble rising and coalescence characteristics under inlet flow pulsation condition are analyzed based on the MPS-MAFL method. To begin with, the single bubble rising behavior under flow pulsation condition was simulated. The simulation results show that the bubble shape and rising velocity fluctuate periodically as same as the inlet flow rate. Additionally, the bubble pairs’ coalescence behavior under flow pulsation condition was simulated and compared with static condition results. It is found that the coalescence time of bubble pairs slightly increased under the pulsation condition, and then the bubbles will continue to pulsate with almost the same period as the inlet flow rate after coalescence. In view of these facts, this study could offer theory support and method basis to a better understanding of the two-phase flow configuration under flow pulsation condition.


Author(s):  
Sujin Yeom ◽  
Seung S. Lee ◽  
Sang Yong Lee

This paper presents a micro-fluidic device which generates micro-bubbles, ranging from 70μm to 160μm in diameter, and two-phase flow characteristics in the device were tested. The device is composed of three sub-channels: a centered gas channel (10μm×50μm) and two liquid channels (both with 85μm×50μm) on each side of the gas channel. Micro-bubbles are generated by co-flow of gas and liquid at the exit of the gas channel when the drag force becomes larger than the surface tension force as bubbles grow. Methanol and a gas mixture of CO2 and N2 were used as the working fluid. Since the flow rate of gas was very small, the gas momentum effect was considered negligible. Thus, in the present case, the controlling parameters were the liquid superficial velocity and the inlet pressure of the gas. A high speed camera was used to record two-phase flow patterns and micro-bubbles of the device. To confine the ranges of the micro-bubbles generation, two-phase flow patterns in the device is observed at first. Four different flow patterns were observed: annular, annular-slug, slug, and bubbly flow. In bubbly flows, uniform-sized micro-bubbles were generated, and the operating ranges of the liquid superficial velocity and the gas pressure were below 0.132 m/s and 0.7 bar, respectively. Diameters of the micro-bubbles appeared smaller with the higher superficial liquid velocity and/or with a lower gas pressure. Experimental results showed that, with the gas pressure lower than a certain level, the sizes of micro-bubbles were almost insensitive to the gas pressure. In such a ranges, the micro-bubble diameters could be estimated from a drag coefficient correlation, CDw = 31330/Re3, which is different from the correlations for macro-channels due to a larger wall effect with the micro-channels. In the latter part of the paper, as a potential of application of the micro-bubble generator to gas analysis, dissolution behavior of the gas components into the liquid flow was examined. The result shows that the micro-bubble generator can be adopted as a component of miniaturized gas analyzers if a proper improvement could be made in controlling the bubble sizes effectively.


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