Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation
This paper investigates and assesses the potential applicability of global mass transfer coefficients derived from large-scale experiments to the bubble growth of a single bubble in a super-saturated flow <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display=&qu...
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| description | This paper investigates and assesses the potential applicability of global mass transfer coefficients derived from large-scale experiments to the bubble growth of a single bubble in a super-saturated flow <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>σ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>9</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Therefore, it presents, for a specific flow velocity <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="true"><mfrac><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mrow></mfrac></mstyle><mo>,</mo><mo> </mo><mi>R</mi><mi>e</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>10,678</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, a comparison between correlation-based modelling and 3D Large Eddy Simulation–Volume of Fluid (LES-VOF) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations (minimum cell size of 10 µm, Δt = 10 µs). After the verification of the CFD with pool nucleation bubbles, two cases are regarded: (1) the bubble flowing in the bulk and (2) a bubble on a wall with a crossflow. The correlation-based modelling results in a nearly linear relationship between bubble radius and time; meanwhile, theoretically, the self-similarity rule offers <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>r</mi><mo>~</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0.5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The Avdeev correlation gives the best agreement with the CFD simulation for a bubble in the flow bulk (case 1), while the laminar approach for calculation of the exposure time of the penetration theory shows good agreement with the CFD simulation for the bubble growth at the wall (case 2). This preliminary study provides the first quantitative validation of global mass transfer coefficient correlations at the single-bubble scale, suggesting that computationally intensive CFD simulations may be omitted for rapid estimations. Future work will extend the analysis to a wider range of flow velocities and bubble diameters to further validate these findings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba1b8845cb7f44e58e85e155046b13d42025-08-20T02:24:37ZengMDPI AGChemEngineering2305-70842025-06-01936310.3390/chemengineering9030063Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD SimulationJohannes Manthey0Wei Ding1Hossein Mehdipour2Montadhar Guesmi3Simon Unz4Uwe Hampel5Michael Beckmann6Chair of Energy Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, GermanyExperimentelle Thermofluiddynamik, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, GermanyExperimentelle Thermofluiddynamik, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, GermanyThis paper investigates and assesses the potential applicability of global mass transfer coefficients derived from large-scale experiments to the bubble growth of a single bubble in a super-saturated flow <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>σ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>9</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Therefore, it presents, for a specific flow velocity <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="true"><mfrac><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mrow></mfrac></mstyle><mo>,</mo><mo> </mo><mi>R</mi><mi>e</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>10,678</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, a comparison between correlation-based modelling and 3D Large Eddy Simulation–Volume of Fluid (LES-VOF) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations (minimum cell size of 10 µm, Δt = 10 µs). After the verification of the CFD with pool nucleation bubbles, two cases are regarded: (1) the bubble flowing in the bulk and (2) a bubble on a wall with a crossflow. The correlation-based modelling results in a nearly linear relationship between bubble radius and time; meanwhile, theoretically, the self-similarity rule offers <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>r</mi><mo>~</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0.5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The Avdeev correlation gives the best agreement with the CFD simulation for a bubble in the flow bulk (case 1), while the laminar approach for calculation of the exposure time of the penetration theory shows good agreement with the CFD simulation for the bubble growth at the wall (case 2). This preliminary study provides the first quantitative validation of global mass transfer coefficient correlations at the single-bubble scale, suggesting that computationally intensive CFD simulations may be omitted for rapid estimations. Future work will extend the analysis to a wider range of flow velocities and bubble diameters to further validate these findings.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-7084/9/3/63super-saturationbubble evolutionbubble growthcrossflowCFD |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Manthey Wei Ding Hossein Mehdipour Montadhar Guesmi Simon Unz Uwe Hampel Michael Beckmann Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation ChemEngineering super-saturation bubble evolution bubble growth crossflow CFD |
| title | Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation |
| title_full | Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation |
| title_fullStr | Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation |
| title_short | Growth of a Single Bubble Due to Super-Saturation: Comparison of Correlation-Based Modelling with CFD Simulation |
| title_sort | growth of a single bubble due to super saturation comparison of correlation based modelling with cfd simulation |
| topic | super-saturation bubble evolution bubble growth crossflow CFD |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2305-7084/9/3/63 |
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