Cavitation Bubble Collapse Near a Heated Wall and Its Effect on the Heat Transfer

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Xiulan Huai ◽  
Fengchao Li

In the present work, a numerical investigation on the mechanism of heat transfer enhancement by a cavitation bubble collapsing near a heated wall has been presented. The Navier–Stokes equations and volume of fluid (VOF) model are employed to predict the flow state and capture the liquid-gas interface. The model was validated by comparing with the experimental data. The results show that the microjet violently impinges on the heated wall after the bubble collapses completely. In the meantime, the thickness of the thermal boundary layer and the wall temperature decrease significantly within the active scope of the microjet. The fresh low-temperature liquid and the impingement brought by the microjet should be responsible for the heat transfer reinforcement between the heated wall and the liquid. In addition, it is found that the impingement width of the microjet on the heated wall always keeps 20% of the bubble diameter. And, the enhancement degree of heat transfer significantly depends on such factors as stand-off distance, saturated vapor pressure, and initial bubble radius.

2011 ◽  
Vol 673 ◽  
pp. 406-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
YANNICK HALLEZ ◽  
DOMINIQUE LEGENDRE

The three-dimensional flow around two spherical bubbles moving in a viscous fluid is studied numerically by solving the full Navier–Stokes equations. The study considers the interaction between two bubbles for moderate Reynolds numbers (50 ≤ Re ≤ 500, Re being based on the bubble diameter) and for positions described by the separation S (2.5 ≤ S ≤ 10, S being the distance between the bubble centres normalised by the bubble radius) and the angle θ (0° ≤ θ ≤ 90°) formed between the centreline and the direction perpendicular to the direction of the motion. We provide a general description of the interaction extending the results obtained for two bubbles moving side by side (θ = 0°) by Legendre, Magnaudet & Mougin (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 497, 2003, p. 133) and for two bubbles moving in line (θ = 90°) by Yuan & Prosperetti J. Fluid Mech., vol. 278, 1994, p. 325). Simple models based on physical arguments are given for the drag and lift forces experienced by each bubble. The interaction is the combination of three effects: a potential effect, a viscous correction (Moore's correction) and a significant wake effect observed on both the drag and the transverse forces of the second bubble when located in the wake of the first one.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-30
Author(s):  
K.A. Jehhef ◽  
F.A. Badawy ◽  
A.A. Hussein

Abstract This paper aims to investigate the mixed convection between two parallel plates of a vertical channel, in the presence of a triangular rib. The non-stationary Navier-Stokes equations were solved numerically in a two-dimensional formulation for the low Reynolds number for the laminar air flow regime. Six triangular ribs heat-generating elements were located equidistantly on the heated wall. The ratio of the ribs to the channel width is varied (h / H = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) to study the effect of ribs height effects, the ratio of the channel width to the ribs height is fixed constant at (H / w = 2) and the ratio of the channel height to the ribs pitch is fixed at (W/p=10). The influence of the Reynolds number that ranged from 68 to 340 and the Grashof number that ranged from 6.6 ×103 to 2.6 ×104 as well as the Richardson number chosen (1.4, 0.7, 0.4 and 0.2) is studied. The numerical results are summarized and presented as the profile of the Nusselt number, the coefficient of friction, and the thermal enhancement factor. The contribution of forced and free convection to the total heat transfer is analyzed. Similar and distinctive features of the behavior of the local and averaged heat transfer with the variation of thermal gas dynamic and geometric parameters are investigated in this paper. The results showed that the Nusselt number and friction factor increased by using the attached triangular ribs, especially when using the downstream ribs. Also, the results revealed that the Nusselt number increased by increasing the ratio of the ribs to the channel width.


Author(s):  
Sunil Mathew ◽  
Theo G. Keith Theo G. Keith ◽  
Efstratios Nikolaidis

PurposeThe purpose is to present a new approach for studying the phenomenon of traveling bubble cavitation.Design/methodology/approachA flow around a rigid, 2D hydrofoil (NACA‐0012) with a smooth surface is analyzed computationally. The Rayleigh‐Plesset equation is numerically integrated to simulate the growth and collapse of a cavitation bubble moving in a varying pressure field. The analysis is performed for both incompressible and compressible fluid cases. Considering the initial bubble radius as a uniformly distributed random variable, the probability density function of the maximum collapse pressure is determined.FindingsThe significance of the liquid compressibility during bubble collapse is illustrated. Furthermore, it is shown that the initial size of the bubble has a significant effect on the maximum pressure generated during the bubble collapse. The maximum local pressure developed during cavitation bubble collapse is of the order of 104 atm.Research limitations/implicationsA single bubble model that does not account for the effect of neighboring bubbles is used in this analysis. A spherical bubble is assumed.Originality/valueA new approach has been developed to simulate traveling bubble cavitation by interfacing a CFD solver for simulating a flow with a program simulating the growth and collapse of the bubble. Probabilistic analysis of the local pressure due to bubble collapse has been performed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Fengchao Li ◽  
Xiulan Huai

2014 ◽  
Vol 568-570 ◽  
pp. 1794-1800
Author(s):  
Xiu Mei Liu ◽  
Bei Bei Li ◽  
Wen Hua Li ◽  
Jie He ◽  
Jian Lu ◽  
...  

Cavitation is a common harmful phenomenon in hydraulic transmission systems. It not only damages flow continuity and reduces medium physical performance, but also induces vibration and noise. At the same time, the efficiency of a system is reduced due to cavitation, especially dynamic performance are deteriorated. Applying commercial CFD software FLUENT, the cavitation issuing from the orifice was numerically investigated, reducing the harm. The effect of liquid parameters (such as surface tension, gas content, and the temperature) on the oscillation of bubble is studied numerically. The modified Rayleigh-Plesset equations are presented to describe the oscillation of bubble in different liquids. Employing the finite difference calculus, the behavior of a cavitation bubble in liquids with different physics parameters are obtained. Meanwhile, the numerical results are compared with experiment results. It is observed that the viscous force decreases the growth and collapse of a bubble, making it expand or collapse less violently. And the surface-tension forces stave bubble growth progress and speed up bubble collapse process. On the other hand, both the maximum bubble radius and bubble lifetime increase with increasing temperature. These results can provide theory basis for understanding cavitation bubble dynamics in the hydraulic systems.


Author(s):  
M. Ebrahim ◽  
L. Silva ◽  
A. Ortega

Synthetic jets are produced by periodically injecting and ejecting fluid from an orifice. The mass flow rate is conserved in such a jet but net momentum flux is created due to the difference in the fluid dynamics at the orifice between the ejection and suction parts of each cycle. When pointed towards a heated surface, the synthetic jet can be used for cooling using the well-known advantages of jet impingement. In the present work, we have created a “canonical” jet in order to investigate the flow and heat transfer of a purely periodic synthetic jet which is not influenced by the manner in which it is generated. As such the “canonical” jet and the resulting heat transfer, can be considered to be dependent solely on the driving suction/ejection mechanisms at the orifice and thus can be examined independently of the actuator. The unsteady Navier-Stokes equations and the convection-diffusion equation were solved using a fully unsteady, laminar, three-dimensional axisymmetric finite volume approach in order to capture the complex time-dependent flow field created by different frequencies. The influence of jet-to-surface distance, Reynolds number, and driving frequency on heat transfer were investigated. Both stagnation and averaged Nusselt numbers were observed to be less dependent on frequency. Heat transfer was found to be higher at high Re numbers and low jet-to-surface distance. Results were compared with the steady continuous jet, experimental data of previous studies and the canonical slot synthetic jet at the same Reynolds number. A circular jet was found to be less efficient in removing heat over the heated wall than a slot synthetic jet.


Author(s):  
К.В. Рождественский

В статье приводятся аналитические и численные результаты по динамике и акустике кавитационного пузырька при повышении внешнего давления. В начале рассматривается модельная задача о сжатии пузырька вплоть до коллапса при мгновенном повышении давления. При этом уравнение Рэлея-Плессета рассматривается с учетом газосодержания, поверхностного натяжения и вязкости. Акустическое давление, вызванное сжатием пузырька, записанное в безразмерном виде, определяется как с привлечением формул, так и численным путем. Показано, что если наряду с паром, внутри пузырька имеется некоторое количество газа, скорость его сжатия и акустическое давление оказываются конечными вплоть до полного схлопывания. Кроме того, возможно многократное повторение цикла расширения-сжатия с затуханием амплитуды колебаний. На каждом периоде колебаний вблизи момента времени коллапса (достижения минимального радиуса) наблюдается импульсное возрастание давления. Во второй части аналогичное исследование проводится для случая, когда кавитационный пузырек возникает в закругленной носовой части подводного крылового профиля. При этом демонстрируется зависимость динамического поведения пузырька и вызываемого им в заданной точке контура профиля акустического давления от типа профиля, его толщины и угла атаки. По периоду первого цикла схлопывания спектральные параметры акустического импульса определяются как у эквивалентного треугольного импульса. Presented in this paper are analytical and numerical results on dynamics and acoustics of a cavitation bubble in adverse external pressure gradient. First considered is a model problem of bubble collapse due to instantaneous increase of pressure. Therewith, the Rayleigh-Plesset equation is treated with account of gas content, surface tension and viscosity. Non-dimensional acoustic pressure caused by the compression of the bubble, is determined both with use of relevant formulae and numerically. It is shown that if together with vapor the bubble contains some quantity of gas, than its collapse rate and acoustic pressure during compression turn out to be finite. In addition, multiple expansion compression cycles are possible. For each period of bubble radius variation there occurs near the moment of collapse (moment of reaching a minimum radius) an impulse acoustic pressure rise. In the second part of the paper a similar investigation is carried out for the case when the bubble occurs near the rounded leading edge of a hydrofoil. Demonstrated therewith is the dependence of the bubble dynamic behavior and accompanying acoustic pressure pulses upon the foil type, thickness and angle of attack. Based on the period of the first bubble collapse cycle the spectral parameters of the induced acoustic pressure impulse are determined as for an equivalent triangular impulse.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Yong Peng

In this study, an improved double distribution function based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is applied to simulate the evolution of non-isothermal cavitation. The density field and the velocity field are solved by pseudo-potential LBM with multiple relaxation time (MRT), while the temperature field is solved by thermal LBM-MRT. First, the proposed LBM model is verified by the Rayleigh–Plesset equation and D2 (the square of the droplet diameter) law for droplet evaporation. The results show that the simulation by the LBM model is identical to the corresponding analytical solution. Then, the proposed LBM model is applied to study the cavitation bubble growth and collapse in three typical boundaries, namely, an infinite domain, a straight wall and a convex wall. For the case of an infinite domain, the proposed model successfully reproduces the process from the expansion to compression of the cavitation bubble, and an obvious temperature gradient exists at the surface of the bubble. When the bubble collapses near a straight wall, there is no second collapse if the distance between the wall and the bubble is relatively long, and the temperature inside the bubble increases as the distance increases. When the bubble is close to the convex wall, the lower edge of the bubble evolves into a sharp corner during the shrinkage stage. Overall, the present study shows that this improved LBM model can accurately predict the cavitation bubble collapse including heat transfer. Moreover, the interaction between density and temperature fields is included in the LBM model for the first time.


Author(s):  
B. Liu ◽  
J. Cai ◽  
X. L. Huai ◽  
X. Liu

The behaviors of cavitation bubble in a micro-tube are numerically investigated in the present work. The Navier-Stokes equations and volume of fluid (VOF) model are employed to track the liquid-gas interface during the growth and collapse of bubble. The results show a good agreement with experimental results in the literature, which proves the correctness and reliability of the model. Some important phenomena related to the confined bubble are observed in the study. For the bubble inside the micro-tube, liquid flows caused by the bubble motion are observed during the growth and collapse respectively. These unique flow patterns would have an important effect on heat transfer, which is totally different from the situation that a single bubble collapses near the solid wall in a semi-infinite space. On this basis, velocity vector field, pressure and temperature distributions on the wall are analyzed in details.


2016 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 1067-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zongyi Qin ◽  
Habib Alehossein

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