Foam trays with porous submerged orifices endow bubbles uniformly distributed,which are considered attractive column internals to enhance the gas-liquid mass transfer process.However,its irregular orifice and complex ...Foam trays with porous submerged orifices endow bubbles uniformly distributed,which are considered attractive column internals to enhance the gas-liquid mass transfer process.However,its irregular orifice and complex gas-liquid flow make it lack pore-scale investigations concerning the transfer mechanism of dynamic bubbling.In this work,the actual porous structure of the foam tray is obtained based on micro computed tomography technology.The shape,dynamic,and mass transfer of rising bubbles at porous orifices are investigated using the volume of fluid and continue surface force model.The results demonstrate that the liquid encroaching on the gas channels causes the increasing orifices velocity,which makes the trailing bubble easily detach from the midst of the leading bubble and causes pairing coalescence.Additionally,we found that the central breakup regimes significantly improve the gas-liquid interface area and mass transfer efficiency.This discovery exemplifies the mechanism of mass transfer intensification for foam trays and serves to promote its further development.展开更多
基金grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22178249).
文摘Foam trays with porous submerged orifices endow bubbles uniformly distributed,which are considered attractive column internals to enhance the gas-liquid mass transfer process.However,its irregular orifice and complex gas-liquid flow make it lack pore-scale investigations concerning the transfer mechanism of dynamic bubbling.In this work,the actual porous structure of the foam tray is obtained based on micro computed tomography technology.The shape,dynamic,and mass transfer of rising bubbles at porous orifices are investigated using the volume of fluid and continue surface force model.The results demonstrate that the liquid encroaching on the gas channels causes the increasing orifices velocity,which makes the trailing bubble easily detach from the midst of the leading bubble and causes pairing coalescence.Additionally,we found that the central breakup regimes significantly improve the gas-liquid interface area and mass transfer efficiency.This discovery exemplifies the mechanism of mass transfer intensification for foam trays and serves to promote its further development.
