Effects of initial bubble size on geometric and motion characteristics of bubble released in water

Abstract

To seek and describe the influence of bubble size on geometric and motion characteristics of the bubble, six nozzles with different outlet diameters were selected to inject air into water and to produce different bubble sizes. High-speed photography in conjunction with an in-house bubble image processing code was used. During the evolution of the bubble, bubble shape, traveling trajectory and the variation of bubble velocity were obtained. Bubble sizes acquired varied from 0.25 to 8.69 mm. The results show that after the bubble is separated from the nozzle, bubble shape sequentially experiences ellipsoidal shape, hat shape, mushroom shape and eventually the stable ellipsoidal shape. As the bubble size increases, the oscillation of the bubble surface is intensified. At the stabilization stage of bubble motion, bubble trajectories conform approximately to the sinusoidal function. Meanwhile, with the increase in bubble size, the bubble trajectory tends to be straightened and the influence of the horizontal bubble velocity component on the bubble trajectory attenuates. The present results explain the phenomena related to relatively large bubble size, which extends the existing relationship between the bubble terminal velocity and the equivalent bubble diameter.

Keywords

bubble size / nozzle diameter / bubble deformation / aspect ratio / bubble terminal velocity

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