Modeling of turbulent gas-liquid bubbly flows using stochastic Lagrangian model and lattice-Boltzmann scheme

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2745-2757

  Sungkorn, R ^a   Derksen, J J ^b   Khinast, J G ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubbly flow; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Euler Lagrange approach; Large eddy simulation; Lattice Boltzmann; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLY FLOW; COLLISION MODEL; COMPUTING TIME; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; EULER-LAGRANGE APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILTER SCALE; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; GAS LIQUIDS; INTER-PARTICLE COLLISION; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SCHEME; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; PARALLEL PLATFORMS; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; TIME-RESOLVED;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79955000764     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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