• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2010

A visualization study to evaluate bubble motion in a tab water filled cylindrical tank with a varying flow rate of compressed air is conducted. The flow rate of compressed air varies from 1 to 5 L/min. Time resolved images are acquired by a high speed camera in 10 bit gray level at 100 fps and the measurement volume is irradiated by a 230 W halogen lamp. It is observed that there are three different regions; the bubble formation region, the rising bubble region and the free surface region. During the rise of bubble, the shape is changed as if an elastic body. Based on the binarized bubble image, the mean diameters of rising bubbles are estimated at beneath of the free surface. As the gas flow rate increases, the mean diameter is increased and the rising velocity also increases with buoyancy force.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2015

Aerating hydroturbines have recently been proposed as an effective way to mitigate the problem of low dissolved oxygen in the discharge of hydroelectric power plants. The design of such a hydroturbine requires a precise understanding of the dependence of the generated bubble size distribution upon the operating conditions (viz. liquid velocity, air ventilation rate, hydrofoil configuration, etc.) and the consequent rise in dissolved oxygen in the downstream water. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the effect of location of air injection on the resulting bubble size distribution, thus leading to a quantitative analysis of aeration statistics and capabilities for two turbine blade hydrofoil designs. The two blade designs differed in their location of air injection. Extensive sets of experiments were conducted by varying the liquid velocity, aeration rate and the hydrofoil angle of attack, to characterize the resulting bubble size distribution. Using a shadow imaging technique to capture the bubble images in the wake and an in-house developed image analysis algorithm, it was found that the hydrofoil with leading edge ventilation produced smaller size bubbles as compared to the hydrofoil being ventilated at the trailing edge.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2020

기포 저감 장치는 기름의 정량 공급과 관련된 문제 해결의 목적을 둔 장치이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기포 저감 장치의 작동 중 기포 입자의 크기별 유동특성을 확인하고자 수치해석을 진행하였다. 기초해석을 진행한 결과, 기포의 상승과 하강이 가장 활발하게 나타나는 영역을 발견하였고, 그 지점을 중심으로 수치적 계산을 수행하였다. 수치적 계산에 앞서 각 변수들 간의 동차성을 확보하기 위하여 무차원 유도를 수행하였다. 무차원 유도를 수행한 데이터를 바탕으로 각 입자의 크기별, 유체의 속도별 25개의 변수 조건을 설정하여 별도의 계산을 통해 기포 상승과 하강의 대한 수식을 도출하였다. 각 변수별로 항력과 부력의 비를 계산하여 기포에 작용하는 항력이 부력보다 큰 경우 기포가 하강하며 기포는 저감되지 않는다고 판단하였고, 부력이 항력보다 큰 경우 기포는 상승하며 기포가 저감된다고 판단하였다. 수치 계산 데이터를 바탕으로 유동 해석을 진행하였다. 유동 해석을 통하여 기포의 상승과 하강을 확인하였고, 수치 계산의 결과와도 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2010

Free energy based lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has been used to simulate the rising bubble flows with large density ratio. LBM with compact discretization is able to reduce the spurious current of the static bubble test and be satisfied with the Laplace law. The terminal rise velocity and shape of the bubbles are dependent on Eotvos number, Morton number and Reynolds number. For single bubble flows, simulations are executed for various Eotvos number, Morton number and Reynolds number, and the results are agreed well with the experiments. For multiple bubbles, the bubble flow characteristics are related by the vortex pattern of the leading bubble. The coalescence of the bubbles are simulated successfully and the subsequent results are presented. The present method is validated for static, dynamic bubble test cases and compared to the numerical, experimental results.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2001

In this study, a single Taylor bubble and a train of Taylor bubbles rising in a vertical tube were simulated numerically. A finite difference method was used to solve the mass and momentum equations for the liquid-gas region. The liquid-gas interface was captured by a level set function which is defined a signed distance from the interface. For a train of Taylor bubbles repeated periodically in space, the periodic conditions were imposed at the boundaries normal to the gravitational direction and the pressure boundary conditions were iteratively determined so that the computed flow rate should be equal to a given flow rate. Based on the numerical simulation, the calculated shape and rise velocity of a Taylor bubble were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data reported in the literature.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2015

A simple Couette flow velocity profile with an appropriate correlation for the free terminal rise velocity of a single bubble in a quiescent liquid can produce reliable results for the trajectories of small spherical air bubbles in a low-viscosity liquid (water) provided the liquid remains under uniform shear flow. Comparison of the model adopted in this paper with published results has been accomplished. Based on this study it has also been found that the lift coefficient in water is higher than its typical value in a high-viscosity liquid and therefore a modified correlation for the lift coefficient in a uniform shear flow of water within the regime of the $E\ddot{o}tv\ddot{o}s$ number $0.305{\leq}Eo{\leq}1.22$ is also presented.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2016

Direct numerical simulation is conducted to observe the behavior of microbubbles in isotropic turbulence. Navier-Stokes equation and the motion of equation for microbubbles are solved with periodic boundary condition in a cube domain. Vorticity contour, enstrophy ratio, relative reduction of bubble rise velocity, and the closest distance of particles are investigated for various Stokes numbers and gravity factors to understand clustering of microbubbles. Also, clustering due to the effect of the lift force is investigated.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1357-1363
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• 1994

난류전단 흐름에서의 기포응집에 따른 기포의 크기분포를 예측하기 위한 Monte-Carlo 모의모형을 개발하였다. 임의로 선택된 각 초기위치에 일련의 기포들을 매시각 발생시키고, 각 기포들의 움직임과 충돌을 모의함으로써 각각의 위치와 크기를 추적하도록 하였다. 기포의 횡방향 변위는 이송확산 방정식의 수치해를 이용하여 부여하였으며, 종방향 변위는 흐름의 대수유속분포 및 기포 상승속도로부터 주어지도록 하였다. 각 기포들간의 초기 상대위치와 상대변위를 이용한 기하학적 해석에 의하여 매시간단계에서의 기포응집을 탐지하여, 시간단계 말기에서의 기포 총수, 각 기포의 위치 및 크기를 결정하였다. 기포들의 크기 및 위치를 나타내기 위하여 소요되는 기억용량을 최소화하도록 전산모형을 구성하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2023

Filtered containment system is a passive safety system that controls the over-pressurization of containment in case of a design-based accidents by venting high pressure gaseous mixture, consisting of air, steam and radioactive particulate and gases like iodine, via a scrubbing system. An indigenous lab scale facility was developed for research on iodine removal by venturi scrubber by simulating the accidental scenario. A mixture of 0.2 % sodium thiosulphate and 0.5 % sodium hydroxide, was used in scrubbing column. A modified mathematical model was presented for iodine removal in venturi scrubber. Improvement in model was made by addition of important parameters like jet penetration length, bubble rise velocity and gas holdup which were not considered previously. Experiments were performed by varying hydrodynamic parameters like liquid level height and gas flow rates to see their effect on removal efficiency of iodine. Gas holdup was also measured for various liquid level heights and gas flowrates. Removal efficiency increased with increase in liquid level height and gas flowrate up to an optimum point beyond that efficiency was decreased. Experimental results of removal efficiency were compared with the predicted results, and they were found to be in good agreement. Maximum removal efficiency of 99.8% was obtained.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.513-520
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• 2016

수중에 용존된 가스뿐 아니라 소독부산물과 같은 휘발성 화합물은 탈기에 의해 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 탈기공정에 사용되는 미세 기포는 수백~수천 ${\mu}m$이지만 부상 공정의 기포는 수 ${\mu}m$ 정도로 작다. 이에 따라 부상공정에서의 마이크로 기포는 수중의 휘발성 화합물이 대기로 방출될 수 있는 매우 넓은 기-액 비표면적을 제공한다. 또는 마이크로 기포는 상승 속도가 느려서 휘발성 화합물이 방출될 수 있는 긴 체류시간을 갖게 된다. 본 연구에서 일련의 탈기와 부상 실험을 실시한 결과, THMs의 제거율에서 상당히 큰 차이가 있었다. THMs의 물질전달계수 $K_La$ 역시 큰 차이를 보였다. 따라서 부상공정에서 THMs과 같은 휘발성 화합물을 제거하기 위해서는 일반적으로 입자제거를 위하여 적용되는 통상적인 운전범위보다 더 높은 기포체적농도가 필요함을 알 수 있다.