No / This study assesses experimentally the role of gas dissolution in gas entrainment which hitherto has been speculated on but not measured. In this paper, we used dip coating as the model experimental flow and performed the experiments with a dip coater encased in a vacuum chamber in which we admitted various gases. An appropriate choice of gases (air, carbon dioxide and helium) coupled with low pressure conditions from atmospheric down to 75 mbar enables us to test whether gas solubility is a key determinant in gas entrainment. The data presented here track the evolution in time of the size of bubbles of gas entrained in the liquid (silicone oil) which we observed to always occur at a critical speed, immediately after the dynamic wetting line breaks from a straight line into a serrated line with tiny vees the downstream apices of which are the locations from which the bubbles stream out. The results suggest that permeability combining solubility and diffusivity as a single parameter dictates the rate of dissolution when at atmospheric pressure. Helium, despite its comparatively sluggish rate of dissolution/growth into silicone oil was observed to have a more enhanced gas entrainment speed than air and carbon dioxide. Thus, the hypothetical contention from previous work (Miyamoto and Scriven, 1982) that gas can be entrained as a thin film which breaks into bubbles before dynamic wetting failure occurs is not realised, at least not in dip coating. The data presented here reinforce recent work by Benkreira and Ikin (2010) that thin film gas viscosity is the critical factor, over-riding dissolution during gas entrainment. This finding is fundamentally important and new and provides the experimental basis needed to develop and underpin new models for gas entrainment in coating flows.

Le développement actuel des moteurs doit répondre à une volonté de réduction de la consommation et à des normes de plus en plus sévères. Les moteurs Diesel, bien que performants, présentent des émissions trop importantes d'oxydes d'azote (NOx) et de particules de suies. Ces émissions polluantes proviennent essentiellement de l'existence de zones riches en carburant ne permettant pas une combustion optimale. La préparation du mélange air / carburant, fortement conditionné par l'entraînement d'air par le spray est donc essentielle. La Vélocimétrie par Images de Particules sur traceurs Fluorescents, associée à un traitement spécifique des champs de vitesses instantanés de la phase gazeuse externe sont utilisés afin d'obtenir des mesures en proche frontière du spray. Dans la zone quasi statique du spray, un effet important de la densité ambiante sur le taux de mélange est mis en évidence. D'autre part, la diminution du diamètre de trou d'injecteur améliore sensiblement le taux de mélange local. Pour compléter cette analyse, un gain du taux de mélange entre les deux injecteurs est calculé pour chaque densité ambiante. Pour les fortes densités, le gain issu de la réduction du diamètre de trou peut at! teindre une valeur importante (> 60%). La phase gazeuse latérale dans la zone instationnaire du spray est ensuite investiguée et la méthodologie de la F-PIV est transposée à cette zone. Un lien entre la longueur de pénétration du spray et des longueurs d'entraînement est défini. La densité ambiante n'a pas d'effet sur ces longueurs d'entraînement. La diminution du diamètre de trou engendre une augmentation du gaz entraîné à une distance plus courte du nez de l'injecteur. Cependant, cette étude montre que les deux sprays n'engendrent pas un entraînement de gaz similaire. / The actual development of the engine must reply to a will of fuel consumption reduction and to stricter norms concerning the pollutant emissions. Although the Diesel engines are competitive, the NOx and soot particle emissions mainly come from the existence of wealthy fuel zone preventing an optimal combustion. Therefore, the air / fuel mixing preparation, highly controlled by the air entrainment in spray, is essential. Particle Image Velocimetry on fluorescent tracers, associated with a specific processing of the instantaneous velocity fields have been applied to obtain measurements in the near vicinity of the spray edge. In the "quasi- teady" region of the spray, the important effect of the ambient density on the mixing rate has been pointed out. On the other hand, an orifice diameter decrease significantly improves the local air / fuel ratio. To complete this analyse, a gain in mixing rate between two different injectors has! been calculated for each gas density. For high densities, the gain due to a reduction of the hole diameter can reach important value (> 60%). Then, lateral gaseous phase in no stationary zone of spray is studying and F-PIV method is transposed to this zone. A link between the penetration length and entrainment lengths is defined. Ambient density has not effect on entrainment lengths. The hole diameter decrease generates entrained gas increase at shorter distance of injector nozzle. However, this study shows two sprays do not generated the same gas entrainment