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Pressure gradient induced generation of microbubbles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2015

A. Evangelio ,
F. Campo-Cortés  and
J. M. Gordillo
A. Evangelio
Affiliation:
Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingenería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092, Sevilla, Spain
F. Campo-Cortés
Affiliation:
Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingenería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092, Sevilla, Spain
J. M. Gordillo*
Affiliation:
Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingenería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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†Email address for correspondence: jgordill@us.es
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Abstract

We provide a detailed physical description of the bubble formation processes taking place in a type of flow where the liquid pressure gradient can be straightforwardly controlled. The analysis, which is supported by an exhaustive experimental study in which the liquid viscosity is varied by three orders of magnitude, provides closed expressions for both the bubbling frequencies and the bubble diameters. Different equations are obtained depending on the values of the three dimensionless parameters characterizing this physical situation, namely the Weber and Reynolds numbers and the gas to liquid flow rate ratio. Since both the inertia dominated and viscous dominated bubbling regimes are simply described in terms of the local pressure gradient and the flow rate ratio, the same types of ideas can be applied in the design of bubble makers in which the pressure gradients are controlled in completely different ways.

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Drops and Bubbles: Breakup/coalescence Drops and Bubbles: Bubble dynamics Drops and Bubbles: Drops and Bubbles
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 778 , 10 September 2015 , pp. 653 - 668
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