MICROBUBBLE TECHNOLOGY

Presented by

PRASANTH C
NO: 39
S 7 MECHANICAL
 Introduction

Two types of Drag – Friction and

Pressure Drag
Friction Drag due to friction
Pressure Drag due to Eddying motions
Stream line body –Viscous Drag
Bluff body – Pressure Drag
hy Microbubbles
 Mechanisms

Local void ratio

Injection point

Boundary layer
thickness
Methods for bubble generation

Venturi tube type

Tangential water jet

Foaming of dissolved air

 Pros and Cons

large reduction in skin friction up to 80%

No pollutions

Can apply any surface orientation

Affected less by roll and pitch

large amount of air (order of 1000cubic metre per

min)
 Applications

– Power saving in VLCC

– Pipelines
 Conclusion

small bubbles possibly decrease the

overall efficiency of the microbubble drag
reduction through dispersion

The understanding of the mechanism of

turbulence intensity reduction by
microbubbles is the key for break-through.