Student practical training / Bachelor theses / Master theses / Diploma theses

Bubbles are an inevitable part of almost all chemical and process engineering processes as long as heat and mass transfer or particle separation are concerned. Formation of bubbles from a submerged orifice is a typical fluid dynamic phenomenon, which incorporates the influence of different characteristics of both gas and liquid phases. Although posing as a simple problem in the first sight, the formation process varies dramatically by changing influential parameters such as diameter and geometry of orifice, volume of gas reservoir under the orifice, surface tension, density and viscosity of both continuous and dispersed phases, etc. Among these parameters, the effect of the volume of the gas reservoir under the orifice is highly influential. Within an ongoing investigation, we are experimentally studying the effect of this parameter on the dynamics of bubbles generated at orifices smaller than 1 mm. A sub task of this investigation associates the findings of the experimental studies into a mechanistic model, which is designed to estimate the final bubble size.

Task Spectrum:

• Establishment of a profound scientific knowledge into the phenomena of bubble formation and detachment
• Concept development and establishing solution strategy for the bubble volume
• Implementing the solutions into MATLAB
• Compare and adopting the model based on the experimental results
• Generate scientific documentation

• Studies in mechanical, chemical, process engineering, and similar engineering courses
• Experience in data analysis and programming with MATLAB
• Independence, self-responsible working methods

Duration: 6 Months