Modeling of air release in liquids

dc.contributor.authorKlein, A.
dc.contributor.authorIben, U.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-09T12:04:57Z
dc.date.available2015-04-09T12:04:57Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July, 2010.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAir release in hydraulic systems and components leads to a bubbly two-phase mixture with properties that are different from those of monophase liquids; e.g. altered in viscosity and speed of sound. As a result, the system eigenfrequencies change and noise may be generated. In most cases, the driving force of air release is a pressure drop induced shift in the solubility equilibrium. Different air release models are derived by means of conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy. The considerations are carried out for non-interacting bubbles in finite and infinite domains, where a spherical nucleus is the starting point of the analysis. In particular, the mass transfer of dissolved air is described by an advection­-diffusion equation formulated in terms of Lagrangian coordinates. These are initialised on the phase boundary of spherical air bubbles. The solubility equilibrium is modelled in terms of Henry's law and the conservation of momentum leads to an extended Rayleigh-Plesset equation representing the bubble dynamics. In order to study and compare the properties of the models, the resulting differential equations are solved numerically. Thereby, the time-dependent diffusion boundary layer on the bubble surface is resolved by adapted grids. The simulations reveal that advection has to be considered for strong pressure gradients, which induce a velocity field around the air bubble. In contrast, slow bubble growth can be sufficiently described by the diffusion equation in the case of small bubbles. Thermal effects play a minor role for pressure oscillations outside the eigenfrequency of the air bubble and common liquids such as water or oils.
dc.description.librarianksb2015en_ZA
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKlein, A & Iben, U 2010, 'Modeling of air release in liquids', Paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July 2010.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/44310
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherInternational Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamicsen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofHEFAT 2010en_US
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.subjectAir release in liquidsen_ZA
dc.subjectTwo-phase flowen_ZA
dc.subjectGaseous cavitationen_ZA
dc.subjectDiffusion-induced bubble growthen_ZA
dc.subjectNumerical simulationen_ZA
dc.titleModeling of air release in liquidsen_ZA
dc.typePresentationen_ZA

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