4.7 Article

Shape deformation and oscillation of particle-laden bubbles after pinch-off from a nozzle

Journal

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 412, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127499

Keywords

Particle-laden bubbles; Bubble shape; Bubble pinch-off; Oscillation frequency; Oscillation amplitude; Surface tension

Funding

  1. China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  2. Imperial College
  3. European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program FineFuture [821265]

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This study provides a detailed investigation on microparticle-laden bubbles rising in water from nozzles, revealing that microparticles reduce the apparent surface tension of the bubble interface and influence its shape deformation and oscillations. High-speed photography allowed the systematic study of two regimes for the first time, showing that microparticles increase the damping rate of the dominant harmonic during shape oscillations.
The rise of bubbles in liquid is a common phenomenon in chemical engineering applications. Bubble dynamics, however, are not fully understood, particularly at the early stages after bubbles are released from submerged nozzles, or when particles coat the bubble surface. In this work, a detailed investigation of microparticleladen bubbles rising in water after being released from a nozzle was carried out to determine the influence of bubble surface coverage on the interface dynamics after pinch-off. The use of high-speed photography, at up to 25170 frames per second, allowed two regimes to be systematically investigated for the first time, i.e. an initial bubble shape deformation and shape oscillations. Surface pressure analysis shows that microparticles reduce the apparent surface tension of the interface by generating surface pressure during the initial bubble deformation. In contrast, during shape oscillations, little effect was observed on the period of the dominant harmonic, indicating that surface tension does not change during the oscillations. Harmonic analysis also showed that microparticles at bubble surfaces significantly increase the damping rate of the dominant harmonic, with a dependency on the bubble surface coverage. By quantifying the effect of particles on bubble dynamics, this work contributes to a better understanding of gas?liquid?solid reactors in which particle attachment plays a key role.

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