Numerical investigation of the drag closure for bubbles in bubble swarms

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3309-3316

  Lau, Y M ^a   Roghair, I ^a   Deen, N G ^a   van Sint Annaland, M ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Drag force; Euler Lagrange model; Interphase coupling; Multi scale modeling; Swarm effects

Indexed keywords

DRAG FORCE; EULER-LAGRANGE MODELS; INTERPHASE COUPLING; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; SWARM EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 79958742152     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.053     Document Type: Article

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