Abstract:
The effect of rolling motion on bubble departure diameter at different mass flow rates was investigated in a narrow rectangular channel using deionized water as the working fluids. The results show that, because of the local flow field fluctuation caused by rolling motion, bubble growth process becomes unstable and bubble departure diameter fluctuates within a certain range. This effect will be weakened with the increase of mass flow rate. By linear fitting, it is indicated that the bubble departure diameter has a trend to be the smallest when the angular displacement of rolling motion is zero.