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Experimental Study of the Rising Behavior of a Single Bubble in Shearshinning Fluids

Author(s): Mingjun Pang*, Yuan Lei and Bo Hu

Volume 18, Issue 5, 2024

Published on: 12 July, 2023

Article ID: e150523216902 Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/1872212118666230515110322

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Abstract

Background: Non-Newtonian gas-liquid two-phase flows are often seen in industrial processes such as petroleum, chemical, and food engineering. The efficiency of mass and heat transfer between phases is significantly impacted by bubble rise motion in liquids. Therefore, it is crucial to deeply study the hydrodynamic characteristics of a bubble rising in non-Newtonian fluids to improve the transfer efficiency between phases and to enhance the operational efficiency of bubbling equipment.

Methods: To understand the rising characteristics of a bubble in non-Newtonian fluids, a single bubble rising in shear-thinning fluids was experimentally studied using a high-speed camera. The effects of xanthan gum (XG) concentration and bubble diameter on bubble shape, trajectory, and terminal velocity were investigated.

Results: Bubble terminal velocity increased with an increase in the bubble diameter and a decrease in XG concentrations. The increase rate of bubble terminal velocity varied with an increase in bubble diameter for the bubbles with different diameters and XG concentrations for the solutions with varying XG concentrations. For solutions with the same XG concentration, the Galilei and Eötvös numbers for a small bubble were relatively small but relatively large for a large bubble. Thus, the rise motion of a bubble in XG solutions becomes unsteady with an increase in bubble diameter and a decrease in XG concentrations. The unsteady characteristics of bubble motion decrease with an increase in the XG concentration of solutions.

Conclusion: It was found that the influence of XG concentrations on bubble motion depends on bubble diameter since the magnitude of bubble diameter has an essential effect on the shear-thinning effect of solutions. An increase in bubble terminal velocity is mainly caused by an increase in buoyancy (i.e., bubble diameter) rather than a decrease in the apparent viscosity of solutions.

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