화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Vol.94, 174-181, 2014
Supercritical CO2 generator using bubble collapse by water hammer
We have developed a new apparatus to dynamically generate supercritical CO2 (scCO(2)) bubbles in water using a water hammer facility by efficiently concentrating water energy. We measured the internal and external pressures of a CO2 bubble covered with a rubber membrane using pressure transducers, and observed the bubble's oscillations by a high-speed video camera. We evaluated the maximum duration of the scCO(2) for conditions 60 mu s in experiments. We performed numerical simulations using the Rayleigh-Plesset equation by substituting the experimental external pressure profiles of the bubble and confirmed that numerical results agreed with the experimental internal pressure. Moreover, in the minimum external pressure condition where we experimentally achieved the condition of scCO(2) in the bubble for 16 mu s by water hammer, we obtained the maximum duration of scCO(2) conditions up to 55 mu s numerical simulations assuming isotropic compression. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.