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An investigation of the influence of initial deformation on fluid dynamics of toluene droplets in water
Ist Teil von
International journal of multiphase flow, 2015-11, Vol.76, p.144-157
Ort / Verlag
Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2015
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•Full 3D CFD simulations of droplets with different initial deformations were performed.•The existence of two different rise velocities for the same droplet diameter is confirmed.•Circulating droplets show velocity oscillations and a break-out in the droplet trajectory.•The change of total drag with the Reynolds number is caused mainly by the pressure drag.
The impact of the initial shape on the rise behaviour of single toluene droplets in water was studied numerically. A level set based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code was implemented in the open-source CFD package OpenFOAM®, and fully three-dimensional simulations were performed. Droplets were initialised either as sphere or as ellipsoid, and asymmetries were introduced by rotating the ellipsoid. For the first time, a velocity bifurcation, i.e. the appearance of two different characteristic rise velocities for the same droplet diameter, was reproduced with the simulations, confirming the experimental findings of Wegener et al. (2010). Furthermore, the simulation results illuminate the mechanisms leading to the velocity bifurcation: In contrast to fast droplets, a flow separation is observed for slow droplets, disturbing the internal circulations and increasing both frictional and pressure drag. Moreover, our simulations show velocity oscillations of circulating droplets, which are in agreement with experimental observations of Wegener et al. (2010), and reveal the mechanisms leading to a break-out in the trajectory of these droplets. Finally, the frictional, pressure and total drag coefficients are presented, and their analysis indicates that the variation of the total drag coefficient with the Reynolds number is caused mainly by a change in pressure drag.