Gas Dissolution Process of a Spherical Rising Carbon Dioxide Bubble in Water

The gas dis solution process of a spherical rising carbon dioxide bubble in water was investigated experimentally and numerically. We developed an experimental system that use a CCD camera coupled with a microscope to follow the rising bubble. By measuring the bubble size and the rising speed from the bubble motion data captured by a personal computer, we could precis ely estimate the drag coefficients and the Sherwood number for the dis solution of gas bubbles at Reynolds numbers below 100. The experimental results show that the drag coefficients of the carbon dioxide bubble in water show the same value of solid particle even when we use relatively clean water. We also numerically estimated Sherwood number for dis solution of gas bubbles in an infinite liquid by directly solving the Navier-Stokes equation and diffusion equation. The experimental and numerical results are in good agreement. Moreover, we compared the experimental results with a proposed equation for estimating the drag coefficients and Sherwood number and clarified the applicable region of the equation.