Volume-of-fluid (VOF) simulations of rise of single/multiple bubbles in sheared liquids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 527-537

  Rabha, Swapna S ^a   Buwa, Vivek V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble; Heterogeneous bubbly flow; Homogeneous bubbly flow; Lift force; Simulation; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE CONCENTRATION; BUBBLE-BUBBLE INTERACTION; BUBBLY FLOW; CHARACTERISTICS VALUES; CONTINUUM FLOW; DISPERSED BUBBLES; DROPLET FLOW; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; LATERAL MIGRATION; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LIFT FORCE; LOW-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS; MONO-DISPERSED; PHASE FRACTIONS; SHEARED LIQUIDS; SIMPLE SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION VOLUME; SINGLE BUBBLES; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT TWO-PHASE FLOWS; VISCOUS LIQUIDS; VISCOUS SYSTEMS; VOF METHOD; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIMULATORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 71849094552     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.06.061     Document Type: Article

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