Homogeneous Bubbly Flows

Christopher Earls Brennen

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107338760.007

6 - Homogeneous Bubbly Flows

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Christopher Earls Brennen

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Christopher Earls Brennen: Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology

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When the concentration of bubbles in a flow exceeds some small value the bubbles will begin to have a substantial effect on the fluid dynamics of the suspending liquid. Analyses of the dynamics of this multiphase mixture then become significantly more complicated and important new phenomena may be manifest. In this chapter we discuss some of the analyses and phenomena that may occur in bubbly multiphase flow.

In the larger context of practical multiphase (or multicomponent) flows one finds a wide range of homogeneities, from those consisting of one phase (or component) that is very finely dispersed within the other phase (or component) to those that consist of two separate streams of the two phases (or components). In between are topologies that are less readily defined. The two asymptotic states are conveniently referred to as homogeneous and separated flow. One of the consequences of the topology is the extent to which relative motion between the phases can occur. It is clear that two different streams can readily travel at different velocities, and indeed such relative motion is an implicit part of the study of separated flows. On the other hand, it is clear from the results of Section 5.11 that any two phases could, in theory, be sufficiently well mixed and the disperse particle size sufficiently small so as to eliminate any significant relative motion.

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Information: Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics , pp. 145 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338760.007 [Opens in a new window]

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