A novel method to capture mass transfer phenomena at free fluid-fluid interfaces

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-76

  Kenig, E Y ^a   Ganguli, A A ^a   Atmakidis, T ^b   Chasanis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b Exothermia SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Fluid fluid interface; Level set method; Mass transfer; Rising droplet

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AQUEOUS PHASE; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; CFD; CFD MODELS; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; DROPLET MOVEMENT; FLUID-FLUID INTERFACE; FREE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL BOUNDARY; INTERFACIAL MASS TRANSFER; LEVEL SET METHOD; MASS TRANSFER PHENOMENA; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MOVING INTERFACE; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; NOVEL METHODS; RISING DROPLET; SEPARATION UNITS; TEST SYSTEMS; TOLUENE DROPLETS;

ACETONE; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; FLUIDITY; FLUIDS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; TOLUENE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79251597816     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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