Numerical simulation for pressure fluctuations caused by the growth of a single boiling bubbleShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Applied Thermal Engineering, ISSN 1359-4311, E-ISSN 1873-5606, Vol. 254, article id 123902Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The pressure fluctuations caused by the rapid volume changes during the initial growth stage for a single bubble are crucial excitations of boiling induced vibration. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately model the dynamic behavior of bubbles during this stage to obtain reasonable excitation forces, which can be used to estimate the vibration response of structures. The present study develops a dynamics model, which is verified and validated to be applicable to the growth of spherical bubbles in infinite superheated liquid and hemispherical bubbles growing on a vertical heated surface. The effects of mass transfer are considered for the vapor-liquid interface motion, and the temperature variations at the liquid side are determined by the finite difference method. The numerical data match well with the theoretical and experimental results, and the characteristics of the excitation forces caused by a single boiling bubble are obtained and analyzed. In addition, the influences of superheat, accommodation coefficient for phase change, and the temperature gradient at the liquid side on excitation forces caused by bubble growth are studied. The results show that the temperature distributions near the heated surface strongly affect the frequency domain characteristics of the excitation forces.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 254, article id 123902
Keywords [en]
Boiling induced vibration, Bubble dynamics, Bubble growth, Pressure fluctuations, Temperature distributions
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-350962DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123902ISI: 001272056800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85198507293OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-350962DiVA, id: diva2:1885637
Note
QC 20240725
2024-07-242024-07-242025-12-05Bibliographically approved