Deformation and breakup of bubbles and drops in turbulence

R Ni - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Fragmentation of bubbles and droplets in turbulence produces a dispersed phase spanning
a broad range of scales, encompassing everything from droplets in nanoemulsions to …

Recent developments of turbulent emulsions in Taylor–Couette flow

L Yi, C Wang, SG Huisman… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emulsions are common in many natural and industrial settings. Recently, much attention has
been paid to understanding the dynamics of turbulent emulsions. This paper reviews some …

Role of viscosity in turbulent drop break-up

PK Farsoiya, Z Liu, A Daiss, RO Fox… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We investigate drop break-up morphology, occurrence, time and size distribution, through
large ensembles of high-fidelity direct-numerical simulations of drops in homogeneous …

The interaction of droplet dynamics and turbulence cascade

M Crialesi-Esposito, S Chibbaro, L Brandt - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The dynamics of droplet fragmentation in turbulence is described by the Kolmogorov-Hinze
framework. Yet, a quantitative theory is lacking at higher concentrations when strong …

[HTML][HTML] FluTAS: A GPU-accelerated finite difference code for multiphase flows

M Crialesi-Esposito, N Scapin, AD Demou… - Computer Physics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract We present the Fluid Transport Accelerated Solver, FluTAS, a scalable GPU code
for multiphase flows with thermal effects. The code solves the incompressible Navier-Stokes …

[HTML][HTML] A criterion for when an emulsion drop undergoing turbulent deformation has reached a critically deformed state

A Håkansson, M Crialesi-Esposito, L Nilsson… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Turbulent breakup in emulsification devices is a dynamic process. Small viscous drops
undergo a sequence of oscillations before entering the monotonic deformation phase …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulent drop breakup in a simplified high-pressure homogenizer geometry: A comparison of experimental high-speed visualization and numerical …

P Olad, F Innings, A Håkansson - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The breakup of drops is investigated in a scale-up model mimicking the flow in an
emulsification device ie, high-pressure homogenizer (HPH). The breakup phenomenon is …

Effect of turbulence intensity and surface tension on the emulsification process and its stationary state—A numerical study

A Begemann, T Trummler, E Trautner… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We study turbulent emulsions and the emulsification process in homogeneous isotropic
turbulence (HIT) using direct numerical simulations (DNS) in combination with the volume of …

[HTML][HTML] Deformation and initial breakup morphology of viscous emulsion drops in isotropic homogeneous turbulence with relevance for emulsification devices

A Håkansson, L Brandt - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This study uses numerical experiments to investigate initial breakup morphology for
conditions similar to those experienced in an emulsification device (eg, a high-pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of turbulent drop breakup in an emulsification device and homogeneous isotropic turbulence: Insights from numerical experiments

P Olad, F Innings, M Crialesi-Esposito, L Brandt… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Turbulent emulsification is of considerable industrial interest. Nevertheless, numerical
experiments (direct numerical simulations, DNS, with highly resolved interface tracking) …