Numerical study of homogeneous bubbly flow: Influence of the inlet conditions to the hydrodynamic behavior

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1077-1099

  Darmana, D ^a   Deen, N G ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Harteveld, W K ^b   Mudde, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Discrete bubble model

Indexed keywords

BUBBLY FLOW; CFD; COHERENT STRUCTURE; DISCRETE BUBBLE MODELS; EULER-LAGRANGE MODELS; GAS HOLD-UPS; GAS INJECTION; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; INLET CONDITIONS; INLET CONFIGURATION; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; LDA MEASUREMENTS; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL STUDIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; INTAKE SYSTEMS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 74249107855     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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