Motion Characteristics of Gas–Liquid Two-Phase Flow of Microbubbles in a Labyrinth Channel Used for Aerated Drip Irrigation
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Abstract
The indefinite characteristics of gas–liquid two-phase flow limit the usage of aerated drip irrigation. Gas–liquid two-phase flow in a labyrinth channel was observed using a particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) technique in this study. The motion trajectory and velocity vector of large numbers of microbubbles were characterized and analyzed at 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 MPa inlet pressure and in three labyrinth channels with different geometries. The results indicated that bubbly flow was the typical flow pattern in a labyrinth channel, with slug flow occurring occasionally. Smooth and gliding motion trajectories of bubbles were observed in the mainstream zone, while twisted trajectories were seen in the vortex zone. Increasing the inlet pressure increased the number of bubbles and the trajectory length in the vortex zone. When the inlet pressure increased from 0.02 to 0.04 MPa, the 25th percentile of Rc-t (the Ratio of Circular path length in the vortex zone to the Total trajectory length for a single bubble) increased from 0 to 12.3%, 0 to 6.1%, and 0 to 5.2% for channels A, B, and C, respectively; the 75th percentile increased from 31.3% to 43.9%, 27.5% to 31.9%, and 18.7% to 22.3%. The velocity vectors of the bubbles showed position dependence. Bubbles with high speed were found in the mainstream zone with their directions parallel to the water flow direction. Bubbles with low speed were seen in the vortex zone, moving in all directions. With inlet pressure increased from 0.01 to 0.04 MPa, the mean instantaneous velocities of bubbles in channels A, B, and C are increased by 106.2%, 107.6%, and 116.6%, respectively. At 0.04 MPa, channel A has the longest path length and the highest instantaneous velocity of bubbles in the vortex zone among three channels, exhibiting the highest anti-clogging performance of the three channels. This study will help in the comprehensive understanding of gas–liquid two-phase flow in a labyrinth channel used for aerated drip irrigation.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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