Effect of model formulation on flow-regime predictions for bubble columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Monahan, Sarah M ^a   Fox, Rodney O ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Buoyancy driven flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow transitions; Gas liquid flow; Interphase force models; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

FLOW TRANSITIONS; INTERPHASE FORCE MODELS; TWO-FLUID MODEL;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33846298880     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11042     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Harteveld W. Bubble Columns: Structures or Stability?, Ph.D. dissertation, Delft Univ. of Technology, the Netherlands; 2005.
2. Biesheuvel A, Gorissen WCM. Void fraction disturbances in a uniform bubbly fluid. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1990;16(2):211-231.
3. Sankaranarayanan K, Sundaresan S. Lift force in bubbly suspensions. Chem Eng Sci. 2002;57:3521-3542.
4. Monahan S, Vitankar VS, Fox RO. CFD predictions for flow-regime transitions in bubble columns, AIChE J. 2005;51:1897-1923.
5. Kashiwa B. On the Euler equations for multiphase flow. LA-UR-98831. Inst. for Multiphase Science and Technology 1998 Annual Meeting, Univ. of Santa Barbara, February 26-28, 1998.
6. Harteveld WK, Mudde RF, van den Akker HEA. Dynamics of a bubble column: influence of gas distribution on coherent structures. Can J Chem Eng. 2003;81(3-4):389-394.
7. Harteveld WK, Julia JE, Mudde RF, van den Akker HEA. Large scale vortical structures in bubble columns for gas fractions in the range 5%-25%. Proc of the 16th Int Conf on Chemical and Process Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2004.
8. Mudde RF. Gravity-driven bubbly flows. Ann Rev Fluid Mech. 2005; 37:393-423.
9. Olmos E, Gentric C, Vial Ch, Wild G, Midoux N. Numerical simulation of multiphase flow in bubble column reactors. Influence of bubble coalescence and break-up. Chem Eng Sci. 2001;56:6359-6365.
10. Olmos E, Gentric C, Midoux N. Numerical description of flow regime transitions in bubble column reactors by a multiple gas phase model. Chem Eng Sci. 2003;58:2113-2121.
11. Olmos E, Gentric C, Poncin S, Midoux N. Description of flow regime transitions in bubble columns via laser Doppler anemometry signals processing. Chem Eng Sci. 2003;58:1731-1742.
12. Pauchon C, Banerjee S. Interphase momentum interaction effects in the averaged multifield model. Part I: Void propagation in bubbly flows. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1986;12(4):559-513.
13. Pauchon C, Banerjee S. Interphase momentum interaction effects in the averaged multifield model. Part II: Kinematic waves and interfacial drag in bubbly flows. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1988;14(3):253-264.
14. Van Wijngaarden L, Kapteyn C. Concentration waves in dilute bubble/ liquid mixtures. J Fluid Mech. 1990;212:111-137.
15. Shnip AI, Kolhatkar RV, Swamy D, Joshi JB, Criteria for the transition from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous regime in two-dimensional bubble column reactors. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1992;18(5):705-726.
16. Minev PD, Lange U, Nandakumar K. A comparative study of two-phase flow models relevant to bubble column dynamics. J Fluid Mech. 1999;394:73-96.
17. León-Becerril E, Line A. Stability analysis of a bubble column. Chem Eng Sci. 2001;56(21-22):6135-6141.
18. Ruzicka MC, Zahradnik J, Drahos J, Thomas NH. Homogeneous-heterogeneous regime transition in bubble columns. Chem Eng Sci. 2001:56:4609-4626.
19. Ruzicka MC, Drahoš J, Fialová M, Thomas NH. Effect of bubble column dimensions on flow regime transition. Chem Eng Sci. 2001; 56:6117-6124.
20. Thorat BN, Joshi JB. Regime transition in bubble columns: experimental and predictions. Exp Thermal Fluid Sci. 2004;28:423-430.
21. Lucas D, Prasser H-M, Manera A. Influence of the lift force on the stability of a bubble column. Chem Eng Sci. 2005:60:3609-3619.
22. Bhole MR, Joshi JB. Stability analysis of bubble columns: predictions for regime transition. Chem Eng Sci. 2005;60:4493-4507.
23. Zenit R, Koch DL, Sangani AS. Measurements of the average properties of a suspension of bubbles rising in a vertical channel. J Fluid Mech. 2001;429:307-342.
24. Figueroza-Espinoza B, Zenit R. Clustering in high Re monodispersed bubbly flows. Physics of Fluids. 2005:17:091701.
25. Mudde RF. Towards modeling and simulations of industrial bubbly flows. Proc of the 11th Workshop on Two-Phase Flow Predictions, Merseburg, Germany, April 5-8, 2005.
26. Kashiwa BA, Padial NT, Rauenzahn RM, VanderHeyden WB. A cellcentered ICE method for multiphase flow simulations. ASME Symposium on Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 19-23, 1994. (LA-UR-93-3922.)
27. Spelt PDM, Sangani A. Properties and averaged equations for flows of bubbly liquids. Appl Sci Res. 1998;58:337-386.
28. Batchelor GK. A new theory on the instability of a uniform fluidized bed. J Fluid Mech. 1988;193:75-110.
29. Monahan S. Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Air-Water Bubble Columns, Ph.D. dissertation, Iowa State Univ., IA, 2006.
30. Sato Y, Sekoguchi K. Liquid velocity distribution in two-phase bubble flow. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1975;2(1):79-95.
31. Sato Y, Sadatomi M, Sekoguchi K. Momentum and heat transfer in two-phase bubble flow I. Int J Multiphase Flow. 1981;7(2):167-177.
32. Tomiyama A, Kataoka I, Sakaguchi T. Drag coefficients of bubbles (1st report, drag coefficients of a single bubble in a stagnant liquid). Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu B Hen. 1995;61(587):2357-2364.
33. Drew DA, Passman DL. Theory of Multicomponent Fluids. New York: Springer-Verlag: 1999.
34. Zahradnik J, Fialová M, Ruzicka M, Drahoš J, Kaštánek F, Thomas NH. Duality of the gas-liquid flow regimes in bubble column reactors. Chem Eng Sci. 1997;52:3811-3826.
35. Sokolichin A, Eigenberger G, Lapin A. Simulation of buoyancy driven bubbly flow: established simplifications and open questions. AIChE J. 2004;50(1):24-45.
36. Delnoij E, Lammers FA, Kuipers JAM, van Swaaij WPM. Dynamic simulation of dispersed gas-liquid two-phase flow using a discrete bubble model. Chem Eng Sci. 1997;52(9): 1429-1458.
37. Ruzicka MC, Thomas NH. Buoyancy-driven instability of bubbly layers: analogy with thermal convection. Int J Multiphase Flow. 2003:29:249-270.