[Geysers] Taylor bubbles

[Douglas Hampton]

This should clarify. Lifted from (
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=Taylor%20bubbles ).
Schlumberg is an oilfield services provider (as stated on their website).

Taylor Bubbles: N. [Production Logging]
In multiphase<http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=multiphase>flow,
large bubbles of the lighter
phase <http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=phase> that
form by coalescence<http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=coalescence>of
small bubbles under certain conditions of fluid flow. The large
bubbles
occur during slug<http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=slug>flow
and plug flow. The term is named after
G.I. Taylor.

Reference:
Davies RM <http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=RM> and
Taylor G: "The Mechanics of Large Bubbles Rising Through Liquids and Through
Liquids in Tubes," *Proceedings of the Royal Society of London*, Series A.
200 (February 22, 1950): 375-390.

Hope this helps.

Douglas Hampton


On 10/24/05, TSBryan at aol.com <TSBryan at aol.com> wrote:
>
> The same issue of Geothermics that Jeff Cross cited as including an
> article about Rehai and vicinity, Yunnan, PRC, has another article (out of
> New Zealand) that deals with eruptions from artificial wells as related to
> eruptions by natural geysers. The abstract states that the well eruptions
> result from the:
>  "... cyclic formation of Taylor bubbles from the devolved gas..."
>  OK, cool. But what's a Taylor bubble?
>  Scott Bryan
>
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