Analysis and Prediction of Equivalent Diameter of Air Bubbles Rising in Water

Authors

  • Gabriel de Carvalho Nascimento Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Department, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Roger Matsumoto Moreira Technical Drawing Department, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Felipe Pereira de Moura Institute of Chemistry, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • William Alves Tavares Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Thiago Ferreira Bernardes Bento Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal Center for Technological Education, 20271-110 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Lorena Brandão Calazan Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Milena Silva Andrade Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Beatriz Freitas Rezende Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/cfdl.16.8.3347

Keywords:

Air bubbles, equivalent diameter, orifice inner diameter, flow rate, subsea leakage

Abstract

The equivalent diameter of rising bubbles in liquids is an important parameter that has been investigated for decades by researchers for different purposes. Bubble diameter plays important role in quantifying oil and gas leaks in subsea leak analysis, since it allows the prediction of the magnitude of leaks in seabed petroleum wells and other structures through images obtained by underwater vehicles at great depths. Most studies available in the literature on the subject focus on investigating air bubbles in water; therefore, they were used as the main guide of the experimental apparatus described in this article. Several tests were conducted with air bubble chain in tap water, whose flow rate ranged from 21.1 mL/min to 234.4 mL/min, whereas the bubble equivalent diameter ranged from 4.1 mm to 8.2 mm. In addition, computational fluid dynamics simulations were carried out for comparison purposes; they were validated as potential tools to help designing an automated subsea gas leakage monitoring system based on image analysis algorithms. The herein proposed model could be both analytically and experimentally validated, based on comparisons to findings reported by other authors. This procedure enabled gathering evidence about the most efficient analytical predictions available in the literature for the herein addressed scenario. The results in the present study are consistent to those recorded in the main related articles.

Author Biographies

Gabriel de Carvalho Nascimento, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Department, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

gabrielcn@id.uff.br

Roger Matsumoto Moreira, Technical Drawing Department, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

rmmoreira@id.uff.br

Felipe Pereira de Moura, Institute of Chemistry, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

felipemoura@id.uff.br

William Alves Tavares, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

wiiliamtavares@id.uff.br

Thiago Ferreira Bernardes Bento, Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal Center for Technological Education, 20271-110 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

tbento@id.uff.br

Lorena Brandão Calazan, Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

lorenabrandao@id.uff.br

Milena Silva Andrade, Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

milena_andrade@id.uff.br

Beatriz Freitas Rezende, Civil Engineering, Engineering School, Federal Fluminense University, 24210-240 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

beatrizrezende@id.uff.br

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Published

2024-03-31

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de Carvalho Nascimento, G., Matsumoto Moreira, R., Pereira de Moura, F., Alves Tavares, W., Ferreira Bernardes Bento, T., Brandão Calazan, L., Silva Andrade, M., & Freitas Rezende, B. (2024). Analysis and Prediction of Equivalent Diameter of Air Bubbles Rising in Water. CFD Letters, 16(8), 33–47. https://doi.org/10.37934/cfdl.16.8.3347

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