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Two Phase “Bubbly” Fluid Flow in a Vertical Chamber A Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Numerical Model Nelson Research, Inc. 2142 – N. 88th St. Seattle, WA. 98103 USA 206-498-9447 Craigmail @ Craig E. Nelson - Consultant Engineer Purpose of the Computational Fluid Dynamic Experiment: Learn how gas-liquid “bubbly flow” patterns evolve and change as a function of a porous membrane outlet gas fraction Develop a sense for how gas-liquid velocity varies as a function of gas fraction Develop understanding of how intra-channel pressure varies as a function of gas fraction Model Assumptions for Computational Fluid Dynamic Experiment: The Liquid is Water Channel dimensions are large enough that surface tension may be neglected. The gas exists in the form a of nebulous cloud of small, particle like bubbles that convect and diffuse into the surrounding water much like smoke particles would. Bubbly liquid “sticks” to the channel walls in the same manner as all normal fluids would when channel dimensions are not of nano scale Flow Barrier Model Geometry and General Flow Description Channel Outlet (0 Pa Pressure) Small Recirculation “Eddy Current” “Bubbly” Fluid Passing Out from a Membrane “Window” (Vx = 1 mm/sec) Inlet “Window” 2 mm 5 mm 10 mm Flow Velocity Vector Magnitude for Several “Bubbly” Fluid Gas-Liquid mixture Concentrations 0 % Gas Vmax = 3.0 mm/sec 10 % Gas Vmax = 4.0 mm/sec 20 % Gas Vmax = 4.2 mm/sec 30 % Gas Vmax = 6.6 mm/sec 40 % Gas Vmax = 9.5 mm/sec 0 % Gas 10 % Gas 20 % Gas 30 % Gas 40 % Gas Vertical Flow Velocity Amplitude for Several “Bubbly” Fluid Gas-Liquid mixture Concentrations 0 % Gas 10 % Gas 20 % Gas 30 % Gas 40 % Gas Horizontal Flow Velocity Amplitude for Several “Bubbly” Fluid Gas-Liquid mixture Concentrations Flow Velocity Vectors for Several “Bubbly” Fluid Gas-Liquid mixture Concentrations 0 % Gas 10 % Gas 20 % Gas 30 % Gas 40 % Gas Notice How the Small Initial Eddy Current Grows as the Gas Fraction Increases Gas