https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01805-4
Review
Influence of magnetic fields on the behavior of bubbles in liquid metals
1 Institut für Strömungsmechanik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
2 Institut für Fluiddynamik, HZDR, PO Box 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany
3 Institute of Power Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
a e-mail: Jochen.Froehlich@tu-dresden.de
Received:
21
January
2013
Revised:
5
February
2013
Published online:
26
March
2013
The paper reviews numerical and experimental investigations concerned with the physics of rising bubbles in conducting liquid metals under the action of a magnetic field. Different situations, characterized by different void fractions ranging from single bubbles to bubble swarms, are considered. The impact of the geometrical arrangement is addressed covering large containers with bubbles far from the walls and narrow containers with bubbles interacting with the walls. It is demonstrated that magnetic fields offer a convenient means to influence bubble dynamics, which makes them interesting for technological applications.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2013