Mass transfer of acoustic cavitation bubbles in multi-bubble environment

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Title: Mass transfer of acoustic cavitation bubbles in multi-bubble environment
Authors: Kanji D. Hattori, Takuya Yamamoto
Source: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol 115, Iss , Pp 107295- (2025)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: LCC:Chemistry
LCC:Acoustics. Sound
Subject Terms: Compressive Continuous Species Transfer (C-CST) model, Volume of Fluid (VOF) method, Acoustic cavitation bubble, Mass transfer, Multi-bubble environment, Secondary Bjerknes force, Chemistry, QD1-999, Acoustics. Sound, QC221-246
More Details: The mass transfer around acoustic cavitation in a multi-bubble environment was numerically studied. To model the multi-bubble environment, several bubbles were placed at the vertices of the polyhedron, and one bubble was placed at the center, and then an ultrasonic pressure wave with a frequency of 20 kHz was imposed along the simulation boundary box. In this study, the mass transfer of chemical species that were initially present only in the bubbles was investigated. The numerical simulation revealed that the mass transfer to the outside bubble was enhanced by the bubble translational motion caused by the secondary Bjerknes force, whereas the mass transfer to the outside bubble increased during the bubble compression period, and the mass transfer to the inside bubble increased during the bubble expansion period. In addition, the mass transfer to the outside bubble was enhanced, particularly for the nonspherical bubble motion during the bubble compression period. The mass transfer to the outside bubble increases with a denser bubble arrangement, which can be explained in terms of the cover ratio, which is defined as the ratio of the projected area of the surrounding bubbles to the central bubble.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1350-4177
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350417725000744; https://doaj.org/toc/1350-4177
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2025.107295
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b48dbe7cb9c4418292ccc6e5ab2dc37a
Accession Number: edsdoj.b48dbe7cb9c4418292ccc6e5ab2dc37a
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:13504177
DOI:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2025.107295
Published in:Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Language:English