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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,446 Views
19 Pages

Investigation of Plume Offset Characteristics in Bubble Columns by Euler–Euler Simulation

  • Yixuan Cheng,
  • Qiong Zhang,
  • Pan Jiang,
  • Kaidi Zhang and
  • Wei Wei

7 July 2020

Based on low-cost and easy to enlarge, the bubble column device has been widely concerned in chemical industry. This paper focuses on bubble plumes in laboratory-scale three-dimensional rectangular air-water columns. Static behavior has been investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,690 Views
21 Pages

Bubble Behavior and Surface Liquid Film Characteristics of Air Bubbles Crossing the Oil–Water Interface

  • Yixin Li,
  • Bin Jiang,
  • Xiaoming Xiao,
  • Na Yang,
  • Yongli Sun and
  • Luhong Zhang

22 November 2024

The interaction of bubbles with phase interfaces is an important phenomenon in science and industry. In this paper, the variation in bubble behavior and the characteristics of surface liquid film formation and shedding at the oil–water interfac...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,289 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Closure Characteristics of Annular Jet Mixed Zone on Inspiratory Performance and Bubble System

  • Chao Wang,
  • Chuanzhen Wang,
  • Anghong Yu,
  • Mingdong Zheng and
  • Md. Shakhaoath Khan

11 August 2021

In the flotation process, gas-liquid properties and the bubble system greatly influence bubble mineralization. In order to clarify how the mechanism applies to the closure characteristics of an annular jet mixed flow zone on the inspiratory performan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,019 Views
15 Pages

10 October 2020

In order to understand the aeration performance of inverted umbrella aerator and bubble characteristics in aeration tank under different conditions, and to reveal the internal relationship between bubble characteristics and aeration performance, an e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,576 Views
14 Pages

28 January 2022

The multiphase rotodynamic pump is widely used in petroleum and gas exploitation, and blade tip clearance may cause flow instability and performance deterioration. In the present work, the influence of tip clearance on the transportation characterist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,686 Views
17 Pages

12 September 2024

The dynamics of bubbles have garnered extensive interest among researchers both domestically and internationally due to their applications in engineering and military fields. The exploration of the mechanisms behind bubble loading, cavitation damage,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,661 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Salinity on Bubble Cloud Characteristics

  • Magdalena D. Anguelova and
  • Pablo Huq

A laboratory experiment investigates the influence of salinity on the characteristics of bubble clouds in varying saline solutions. Bubble clouds were generated with a water jet. Salinity, surface tension, and water temperature were monitored. Measur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,855 Views
20 Pages

20 January 2025

Microreactors have the advantages of high heat and mass transfer efficiency, strict control of reaction parameters, easy amplification, and good safety performance, and have been widely used in various fields such as chip manufacturing, fine chemical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,571 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2020

The behavior of solid mixing dynamic is of profound significance to the heat transfer and reaction efficiencies in energy engineering. In the current study, the solid mixing characteristics of binary particles in the bubbling fluidized bed are furthe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,672 Views
22 Pages

3 November 2022

Three-dimensional subcooled flow boiling of R134a in a horizontal tube was simulated by a VOF (volume of fluid) model combined with the level set method. Bubble characteristics were explored at heat flux of 0.3 MW/m2, inlet subcooling of 3 K, and inl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,164 Views
11 Pages

Development of Bubble Characteristics on Chute Spillway Bottom

  • Ruidi Bai,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Bingyang Feng,
  • Shanjun Liu and
  • Faxing Zhang

24 August 2018

Chute aerators introduce a large air discharge through air supply ducts to prevent cavitation erosion on spillways. There is not much information on the microcosmic air bubble characteristics near the chute bottom. This study was focused on examining...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,023 Views
18 Pages

8 July 2022

Pool boiling surface modification by pin fin array has demonstrated a practical but effective cooling enhancement. Whilst the main challenge is to determine the best configuration of the pin fin dimensions and positioning, it is known that the result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,524 Views
14 Pages

Study on Cavitation Bubble Characteristics in Centrifugal Pump Based on Image Recognition

  • Yanyu Cui,
  • Bin Cheng,
  • Qingmiao Ding,
  • Xiaoman Li and
  • Manjun Zhao

28 November 2023

In this paper, a cavitation bubble in the centrifugal pump cavitation phenomenon was observed in the analysis and research to explore the characteristics of a cavitation bubble in a centrifugal pump. Through the construction of a visualization centri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,583 Views
18 Pages

12 July 2024

The motion of near-wall bubble-in-chain, which is a crucial aspect of the study of near-wall bubble flows, involves not only the wall effect but also the interactions between bubbles. However, there have been few studies on this topic. In this study,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,008 Views
10 Pages

18 May 2022

The size of bubbles generated from a porous sparger is at least an order of magnitude larger than the pore diameter under the steady air pattern. Recent studies have shown that the bubble size can be significantly reduced when the steady air flow is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,021 Views
20 Pages

Numerical Study on Single-Bubble Contraction–Rebound Characteristics in Cryogenic Fluids

  • Shaohang Yan,
  • Tianwei Lai,
  • Qi Zhao,
  • Mingchen Qiang,
  • Mingzhe Liu,
  • Wenjing Ding,
  • Yutao Liu and
  • Yu Hou

26 October 2022

In cryogenic fluid storage and delivery, the rapid contraction and rebound of bubbles are prone to occur during bubble collapse due to the pressure saltation. With the contraction and rebound of bubbles, the pressure and temperature in the bubbles fl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
767 Views
17 Pages

2 November 2025

The formation of bubbles at an orifice is a key problem in gas–liquid two-phase flow. In the electronic atomizer, the bubble size and generation frequency formed at the gas exchange port are important factors affecting the heat and mass transfe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,852 Views
25 Pages

Damage Characteristics of Structure under Underwater Explosion and Bubble Flooding Loads

  • Qin Li,
  • Xiao Luo,
  • Zi-Xian Zhong,
  • Guo-Hui Zhang,
  • Zhong Wang,
  • Hai-Bao Hu and
  • Xiao Huang

27 September 2024

Numerous studies have shown that explosive sequence loads can cause serious damage to underwater vehicles, especially the bubble surge in the later stage of the explosion, which poses a huge threat to the internal structure of the vehicle. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
903 Views
17 Pages

28 June 2025

To address the unclear coupling mechanism between bubble detachment behavior and acoustic characteristics in gas–liquid two-phase flow, this paper systematically studied bubble behavior and acoustic characteristics under different conditions by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,271 Views
14 Pages

Analysis of Bubble Flow Mechanism and Characteristics in Gas–Liquid Cyclone Separator

  • Yujie Bai,
  • Hong Ji,
  • Yaozhuo Liu,
  • Lei Li and
  • Shengqing Yang

8 January 2021

The separation of bubbles in a gas–liquid cyclone is complicated. A combination of numerical simulation and visual experimentation was considered apt to reveal the microscopic mechanisms of bubble flow. First of all, cyclones with different str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,506 Views
23 Pages

Bubble Sliding Characteristics and Dynamics of R134a during Subcooled Boiling Flow in a Narrow Gap

  • Bo Yu,
  • Jinfeng Wang,
  • Jing Xie,
  • Bingjun Wang,
  • Fei Wang and
  • Meng Deng

The numerical method was used to study bubble sliding characteristics and dynamics of R134a during subcooled flow boiling in a narrow gap. In the numerical method, the volume of fraction (VOF) model, level set method, Lee phase change model and the S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,271 Views
9 Pages

30 June 2024

In the modern aerospace industry, the importance of a lubrication system is self-evident for aero-engines, and the aero-engine bearing chamber return line is an even more challenging environment, as it involves a complex two-phase flow. The designer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,557 Views
27 Pages

Dynamic Characteristics and Wall Effects of Bubble Bursting in Gas-Liquid-Solid Three-Phase Particle Flow

  • Jianfei Lu,
  • Tong Wang,
  • Lin Li,
  • Zichao Yin,
  • Ronghui Wang,
  • Xinghua Fan and
  • Dapeng Tan

29 June 2020

The bubble bursting process existing in the particle flow is a complex gas-liquid-solid three-phase coupling dynamic problem. The bubble bursting mechanism, including dynamic characteristics and wall effects, is not clear. To address the above matter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
984 Views
23 Pages

29 July 2025

An in-depth analysis of the two-phase flow in a hydraulic braking pipeline can reveal its evolution process pertinent for designing and maintaining the hydraulic system. In this study, a high-speed camera examined the two-phase flow pattern and bubbl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
2,921 Views
27 Pages

Experimental Research on the Influence of Different Curved Rigid Boundaries on Electric Spark Bubbles

  • Chunlong Ma,
  • Dongyan Shi,
  • Yingyu Chen,
  • Xiongwei Cui and
  • Mengnan Wang

6 September 2020

It is well known that the bubble dynamics and load characteristics of cavitation bubbles depend to a great extent on their proximity to the boundary. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the boundary curvature and bubble d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,473 Views
16 Pages

19 April 2024

The dynamic model of cavitation bubbles serves as the foundation for the study of all cavitation phenomena. Solving the cavitation bubble dynamics equation can better elucidate the physical principles of bubble dynamics, assisting with the design of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,689 Views
23 Pages

Simulation of Bubble Behavior Characteristics in a Rolling Fluidized Bed with the Addition of Longitudinal Internal Members

  • Rongsheng Xu,
  • Ruojin Wang,
  • Banghua Wu,
  • Xiaopei Yuan,
  • Dewu Wang,
  • Yan Liu and
  • Shaofeng Zhang

30 May 2024

To address the effect of a ship’s rolling on the fluidization quality of fluidized beds, in this study, a simulation of a rolling fluidized bed with longitudinal internal members added (R-FBLIM) was carried out and compared with that of a rolli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
609 Views
23 Pages

Experimental Study on Energy Characteristics of a Single Contaminated Bubble near the Wall in Shear Flow

  • Jiawei Zhang,
  • Jiao Sun,
  • Jinliang Tao,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Haoyang Li,
  • Xiaolong Wang and
  • Jinghang Yang

18 September 2025

This study experimentally investigates the dynamic behavior and energy conversion characteristics of a single contaminated bubble (deq = 2.49–3.54 mm, Reb = 470–830) rising near a vertical wall (S* = 1.41–2.02) in a linear shear flo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,329 Views
11 Pages

Functional Characteristics of Antioxidant Long-Life Ultra-Fine Bubble Hydrogen Water

  • Chikashi Kamimura,
  • Riichiro Ohba,
  • Masaru Yamaguchi,
  • Masato Hosoda and
  • Ikuo Kashiwakura

Free radicals, including reactive oxygen species resulting from oxidative stress, are one of the major causes of biological disorders and are known to be closely related to the onset of lifestyle-related diseases such as aging, atherosclerosis, and d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,628 Views
16 Pages

Convective Bubbly Flow of Water in an Annular Pipe: Role of Total Dissolved Solids on Heat Transfer Characteristics and Bubble Formation

  • M. M. Sarafraz,
  • M. S. Shadloo,
  • Zhe Tian,
  • Iskander Tlili,
  • Tawfeeq Abdullah Alkanhal,
  • Mohammad Reza Safaei,
  • Marjan Goodarzi and
  • M. Arjomandi

29 July 2019

Formation of bubbles in water inside an annulus pipe in a flow boiling regime was experimentally investigated. The effect of various variables, such as total dissolved solid materials (TDS) in terms of mass fraction, flow rate of water, and applied h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,470 Views
16 Pages

Turbulent vortices with uneven refractive indices and sizes affect the transmission quality of laser beams in seawater, diminishing the performance of underwater wireless optical communication systems. Currently, the phase screen simulation model con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,925 Views
11 Pages

4 November 2021

The use of optical fiber probe in two-phase flow measurements is very frequently encountered, especially in the applications of chemical engineering and petroleum industries. In this work, the influence of bubble piercing signals caused by bubble def...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,267 Views
25 Pages

In order to study the influence of the pressure load generated during the pulsation of cavitation bubbles on the oblique 45-degree curved surface boundary. The curved surface boundaries have different curvatures. This study also designs a multi-angle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,678 Views
18 Pages

Performance Characteristics of a Novel 3D-Printed Bubble Intermittent Mandatory Ventilator (B-IMV) for Adult Pulmonary Support

  • Jonathan A. Poli,
  • Christopher Howard,
  • Alfredo J. Garcia,
  • Don Remboski,
  • Peter B. Littlewood,
  • John P. Kress,
  • Narayanan Kasthuri,
  • Alia Comai,
  • Kiran Soni and
  • Robert M. DiBlasi
  • + 2 authors

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the need for developing effective respiratory support that can be rapidly implemented during critical surge capacity scenarios in healthcare settings. Lung support with bubble continuous positive airway...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
5,061 Views
19 Pages

28 April 2019

Low atmospheric pressure (LAP) can enormously affect properties of cement concrete in plateau areas. There are fewer studies and attendances on this issue than those of cement concrete in normal atmospheric pressure (AP), because of the limitations o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,846 Views
20 Pages

16 December 2021

As sea waves break, a bubble layer forms beneath the sea surface. The bubble scattering affects sound propagation, thus influencing the accuracy of sound field prediction. This paper aims to investigate the effects of bubble scattering on the statist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,218 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2022

Microalgae are considered one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly ways for carbon dioxide fixation. The bubbles play an important role in analyzing the radiation transfer in photobioreactors during microalgae growth. Herein, Chlorella...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,490 Views
25 Pages

Bubbles Management for Enhanced Catalytic Water Splitting Performance

  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Chen Gu,
  • Kun Wang,
  • Haoxuan Yu,
  • Jiaxuan Qiu,
  • Shiyan Wang,
  • Longlu Wang and
  • Dafeng Yan

11 April 2024

Water splitting is widely acknowledged as an efficient method for hydrogen production. In recent years, significant research efforts have been directed towards developing cost-effective electrocatalysts. However, the management of bubbles formed on t...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,455 Views
8 Pages

21 February 2022

When the concentration of a gas exceeds the equilibrium concentration in a liquid, the gas–liquid system is referred as a supersaturated system. The supersaturation can be achieved by either changing the pressure and/or temperature of the syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
784 Views
22 Pages

9 June 2025

Clogging in earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunnelling through highly cohesive strata critically undermines construction efficiency. Conventional foam agents exhibit limited conditioning effectiveness, even with increased dosage. This study devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,360 Views
11 Pages

Fine Bauxite Recovery Using a Plate-Packed Flotation Column

  • Pengyu Zhang,
  • Saizhen Jin,
  • Leming Ou,
  • Wencai Zhang and
  • Yuteng Zhu

2 September 2020

In this investigation, the fine-grained bauxite ore flotation was conducted in a plate-packed flotation column. This paper evaluated the effects of packing-plates on recovering fine bauxite particles and revealed the fundamental mechanisms. Bubble co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,705 Views
14 Pages

27 August 2020

The quality of polyaniline nanoparticles (PANI NPs) synthesized in plasma polymerization depends on the discharge characteristics of a solution plasma process (SPP). In this paper, the low temperature dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) is introduced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,890 Views
16 Pages

Study of The Gas-Swelling Mechanisms in Silicon Carbide Ceramics under High-Temperature Irradiation with Helium Ions

  • Kymbat M. Tynyshbayeva,
  • Artem L. Kozlovskiy,
  • Ruslan V. Rakhimov,
  • Vladimir V. Uglov and
  • Maxim V. Zdorovets

22 August 2023

The purpose of this work is to simulate the processes of gaseous swelling in SiC ceramics as well as the associated changes in strength and thermophysical properties under high-temperature irradiation with helium ions. The choices of irradiation cond...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,040 Views
15 Pages

24 May 2023

The reduction and dehydration treatment of contaminated sediment from rivers and lakes is a prerequisite for ensuring the subsequent safe disposal. In this study, micro-nano bubbles (MBs) technology was creatively proposed for the conditioning treatm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,975 Views
19 Pages

11 August 2024

To enhance the performance of tubular microbubble generators, the Volume of Fluid (VOF) multiphase flow model in COMSOL Multiphysics was used to simulate the bubble fragmentation characteristics within a throttling hole microbubble generator. The eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,664 Views
18 Pages

This paper examines the response characteristics of a warship’s double-layer plates under a secondary near-field explosion after the ship’s outer plate has been perforated by shaped metal jets. First, the effectiveness of the Coupled Eule...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,771 Views
20 Pages

11 December 2022

The initial corrosion behavior of 20# steel under the condition of gas–liquid (CO2/aqueous solution) two-phase bubble flow was studied through weight loss, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,209 Views
11 Pages

15 October 2024

Plate fuel elements, known for their compact structure and efficient cooling, are commonly used in the core of nuclear reactors. In these reactors, coolant channels are designed as rectangular narrow slits. Bubble behavior in narrow channels differs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
9,497 Views
13 Pages

15 September 2018

As a hydrodynamic phenomenon, cavitation is a main concern in many industries such as water conservancy, the chemical industry and medical care. There are many studies on the generation, development and collapse of cavitation bubbles, but there are f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,366 Views
10 Pages

Dynamic Characteristics of Bubble Collapse Near the Liquid-Liquid Interface

  • Zhaoqin Yin,
  • Zemin Huang,
  • Chengxu Tu,
  • Xiaoyan Gao and
  • Fubing Bao

8 October 2020

Bubble collapse near the liquid-liquid interface was experimentally studied in this paper, and the dynamic evolution of a laser-induced bubble (generation, expansion, and collapse) and the liquid-liquid interface (dent and rebound) were captured by a...

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