Unsteady-state mass transfer from a binary gas bubble with changing volume

Numerical methods are used to investigate the transient mass transfer from a binary gas bubble to an incompressible liquid. The bubble has two components: A – soluble and B – insoluble in the surrounding fluid. The concentration of A inside the bubble is considered spatially uniform but not constant in time. The maximum value of the initial volumetric fraction of A is 0.3. The mathematical model equations were solved numerically in spherical coordinates system. Creeping flow, moderate Re number flow, 10 ⩽ Re ⩽ 100, and potential flow around the bubble were assumed. The computations focused on the influence of the initial fraction of A and Henry number on the mass transfer rate for Pe ⩽ 104.