Wall Shear Stress and Heat Transfer of Downward Bubbly Flow at Low Flow Rates of Liquid and Gas

Abstract

The effect of suppression of turbulence in a downward bubbly flow and its impact on the wall shear stress and heat transfer are discussed. Measurements were carried out for Reynolds numbers Re = 5000–10000, which were calculated from the velocity of the liquid phase and with the gas volumetric flow rate ratio β = 0–0.05. Data on the size of bubbles detaching from the edges of an array of capillaries in a liquid flow are given. The influence of the disperse phase dimensions on the wall shear stress and heat transfer is discussed. It is shown that change in the size of the dispersed phase can lead to both intensification and deterioration of heat transfer as compared with a single-phase flow at constant flow rates of liquid and gas at the channel inlet. The cause of the heat transfer deterioration is “laminarization” of the flow in the near-wall region. An analysis of the spectral power of signals is given.