CFD simulation of the two-phase flow for a falling film microreactor

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 3740-3748

  Ho, Chii Dong ^a   Chang, Hsuan ^a   Chen, Hsi Jen ^a   Chang, Cheng Liang ^a   Li, Hsieh Hsung ^a   Chang, Yin Yu ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Falling film; Microreactor; Two phase flow; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; FALLING FILM; FALLING-FILM MICROREACTORS; FLOW PROFILE; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS-LIQUID REACTION SYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID VISCOSITY; MICRO-REACTOR; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA; STRESS PROFILE; VELOCITY PROFILES; VOLUME OF FLUID; VOLUME OF FLUID MODEL; WAVY STRUCTURES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID FILMS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79956198605     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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