Simulation of interfacial mass transfer by droplet dynamics using the level set method

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6486-6498

  Deshpande, Kiran B ^a   Zimmerman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop; Mass transfer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DROP FORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN DROPLETS; DROPS; INTERFACIAL FORCES; MORTON NUMBER (M);

MASS TRANSFER;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DROP FORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33746970887     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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