Drag coefficient for rigid spheres

Q) = drag coefficient for rigid sphere Cj = inlet oil drop population, drops/cm3 db - bubble diameter, cm dp = drop diameter, cm = single-bubble collision efficiency i = average collision efficiency... 

Fig. 7.2 Drag coefficient as function of Reynolds number for water drops in air and air bubbles in water, compared with standard drag curve for rigid spheres.

Figure 6-60 gives the drag coefficient as a function of bubble or drop Reynolds number for air bubbles in water and water drops in air, compared with the standard drag curve for rigid spheres. Information on bubble motion in non-Newtonian liquids may be found in Astarita and Apuzzo (AIChE J., 11, 815-820 [1965]) Calderbank, Johnson, and Loudon (Chem. Eng. Sci., 25, 235-256 [1970]) and Acharya, Mashelkar, and Ulbrecht (Chem. Enz. Sci., 32, 863-872 [1977]). 

FIG. 6-60 Drag coefficient for water drops in air and air hiihhles in water. Standard drag curve is for rigid spheres. (From Clift, Grace, and Weher, Biih-hles. Drops and Particles, Academic, New York, 1978. )... 

Fig. 9.4 Drag coefficient and fractional drag increase (Kj. — 1) for rigid spheres on the axis of circular ducts.

Drops accelerated by an air stream may split, as described in Chapter 12. For drops which do not split, measured drag coefficients are larger than for rigid spheres under steady-state conditions (R2). The difference is probably associated more with shape deformations than with the history and added mass effects discussed above. For micron-size drops where there is no significant deformation, trajectories may be calculated using steady-state drag coefficients (SI). 

The standard drag curve refers to a plot ot Cp as a function of Re for a smooth rigid sphere in a steady uniform flow field. The best fit of the cumulative data that have been obtained for this drag coefficient is shown in Fig 5.2. Numerous parameterizations have been proposed to approximate this curve (e.g., many of them are listed by [22]). 

Kariyasaki [70] studied bubbles, drops, and solid particles in linear shear flow experimentally, and showed that the lift force on a deformable particle is opposite to that on a rigid sphere. For particle Reynolds numbers between 10 and 8 the drag coefficient could be estimated by Stokes law. The terminal velocity was determined to be equal to that of a particle moving in a quiescent... 

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