화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.207, 829-843, 2019
Reactive mass transfer of single O-2 bubbles in a turbulent flow chamber
A non-intrusive measurement method was used to quantify the mass transfer between an oxygen bubble (with a spherical equivalent diameter in the range 2-4 mm) and the turbulent sodium sulfite solution in which the bubble was driven to circulate. The variations of the position, size, and velocity of the single bubble with time were derived from the images recorded by a high-speed camera, and the average reactive mass transfer coefficients were calculated from the reduction of the volume of the bubble. The enhancement factors under various flow conditions caused by the catalyzed chemical reaction were provided. The flow field in the chamber was measured by 2D particle image velocimetry (PIV). The single-phase instantaneous flow field was compared with the multi-phase flow field in terms of the effect of the single bubble. A correlation of the bubble Sherwood number with the bubble Reynolds number was obtained under different liquid Reynolds numbers. We found that the slip velocity has a high capacity to keep the bubble surface mobile. Both the bubble Reynolds number based on the bubble slip velocity and liquid Reynolds number contributed to the mass transfer in the turbulent chamber. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.