Analysis of Theoretical and Experimental Research on Bubble Parameters and Gas-liquid Interaction in Bubble Flow

Abstract

Bubble flow is a phenomenon in which gas flows with liquid in the form of bubbles, which widely exists in production and life. As an important part of fluid mechanics, bubble flow also has a certain impact on the actual production process. This work briefly summarizes the development of research on bubble flow in recent years. Firstly, a brief introduction to the development process and current situation of bubble flow in chronological order is presented, and the main difficulties related to the research and development of bubble flow are also pointed out, including the complicated gas-liquid distribution pattern and the exchange of materials and energy between gas and liquid phases, which slow down scholars’ research progress. Then, several theoretical models for bubble flow research are introduced. These models take bubble parameters into account, including the ultimate velocity of bubble rising, the transfer of energy and matter in the coalescence, and rupture of the bubble, the phase distribution of the bubble in the tube, and the interaction between the bubble and the liquid (the shear stress produced by bubbles affecting the turbulence field). This work briefly explains the ideas of each model and the results obtained, compares and analyzes their advantages, disadvantages and limitations, and predicts the theoretical and technical means required for subsequent theoretical model construction. Finally, part of the experimental research is summarized, along with the process and technical means of each experiment as well as the relationship between the experimental results and the theoretical research. It is hoped that this work could help to have a preliminary understanding of the research process and research methods of bubble flow, and provide some perspectives for incorporating bubble flow hydrodynamic theory into industrial applications and real life.