High-speed video data for settling of dense liquid droplets through liquid media with different viscosities
Driaan Bezuidenhout1, Quinn Reynolds1, Markus Erwee1,2
1Mintek, South Africa.
Abstract:
A dataset of high-speed video footage of mercury droplets settling through liquid media of different viscosities is presented. Video footage was taken at 4000 frames per second for mercury droplets at room temperature settling through either deionised water or silicone oil. The data set is useful for validation of computational models of a wide range of systems which include phase separation studies, settling behaviour as well as interfacial phenomena in liquid-liquid systems. The data can serve as an analogue for validation for fluid systems where dimensional similarity exists and experimentation is not possible due to hostile experimental conditions, e.g. settling of molten metal through molten oxide slag in pyrometallurgical furnaces or separation of heavy liquid phases in chemical reactors.
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