VOF-based simulation of reactive mass transfer across deformable interfaces

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Bothe, Dieter ^a   Kröger, Michael ^a   Alke, Andreas ^a   Warnecke, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local selectivity; Reactive mass transfer; VOF; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPETITIVE REACTIONS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; HENRY'S LAW; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; REACTIVE MASS TRANSFER; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 68249104623     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2009.027363     Document Type: Article

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