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Mass transport phenomena between bubbles and dissolved gases in liquids under reduced gravity conditions

Author
Mcquillen, John B.
Published
Jan 1, 1988.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Neumann, Eric S., Chai, An-Ti, Brockwell, Jonathan L., Dewitt, Kenneth J., Sotos, Raymond G., and Yung, Chain-Nan
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Summary
The experimental and analytical work that was done to establish justification and feasibility for a shuttle middeck experiment involving mass transfer between a gas bubble and a liquid is described. The experiment involves the observation and measurement of the dissolution of an isolated immobile gas bubble of specified size and composition in a thermostatted solvent liquid of known concentration in the reduced gravity environment of earth orbit. Methods to generate and deploy the bubble were successful both in normal gravity using mutually buoyant fluids and under reduced gravity conditions in the NASA Lear Jet. Initialization of the experiment with a bubble of a prescribed size and composition in a liquid of known concentration was accomplished using the concept of unstable equilibrium. Subsequent bubble dissolution or growth is obtained by a step increase or decrease in the liquid pressure. A numerical model was developed which simulates the bubble dynamics and can be used to determine molecular parameters by comparison with the experimental data. The primary objective of the experiment is the elimination of convective effects that occur in normal gravity.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19880009288.
Accession ID: 88N18672.
AIAA PAPER 88-0450.
E-3912.
NAS 1.15:100273.
NASA-TM-100273.
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