Magnetic resonance imaging of velocity fields, the void fraction and gas dynamics in a cavitating liquid |
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Authors: | Igor V Mastikhin Aidin Arbabi Benedict Newling Abdelhaq Hamza Alexander Adair |
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Institution: | (1) UNB MRI Centre, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada |
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Abstract: | In acoustic cavitation, the relationship between the bubble dynamics on the microscale and the flow properties on the macroscale
is critical in determining sonochemical reaction kinetics. A new technique was developed to measure the void fraction and
estimate water mobility in the vicinity of cavitating bubbles using phase-encoded magnetic resonance imaging with short characteristic
measurement timescales (0.1–1 ms). The exponential behavior of the NMR signal decay indicated the fast diffusion regime, with
the relationship between local mechanical dispersion D
mix and the average bubble radius R,
Dmix >> \frac2R210-4s, D_{\rm mix}\gg \frac{2R^2}{10^{-4}\hbox{s}}, resulting in dispersion of orders of magnitude greater than diffusion in quiescent water. For two different samples (water
and a surfactant solution), the independent measurements of three-dimensional void fraction and velocity fields permitted
the calculation of compressibility, divergence and vorticity of the cavitating medium. The measured dynamics of the dissolved
gas, compared with that of the surrounding liquid, reflected the difference in the bubble coalescence and lifetimes and correlated
with the macroscopic flow parameters. |
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