On the drag force of bubbles in bubble swarms at intermediate and high Reynolds numbers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3204-3211

  Roghair, I ^a   Lau, Y M ^a   Deen, N G ^a   Slagter, H M ^a   Baltussen, M W ^a   Van Sint Annaland, M ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble swarms; Bubbly flows; Closure relation; Drag force; Front tracking; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SWARMS; BUBBLY FLOW; CLOSURE RELATION; DRAG FORCE; FRONT TRACKING; NUMERICAL MODELING;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DRAG;

EID: 79958737485     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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