Numerical investigation on coalescence of bubble pairs rising in a stagnant liquid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5055-5063

  Chen, R H ^a   Tian, W X ^a,b   Su, G H ^a   Qiu, S Z ^a   Ishiwatari, Yuki ^b   Oka, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubble pair; Bubble velocity; Coalescence; Moving particle semi implicit method; Numerical simulation; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DIAMETER; BUBBLE PAIR; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; FREE SURFACES; INTERFACIAL PARTICLES; ISOLATED BUBBLES; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID POOL; MOVING PARTICLE SEMIIMPLICIT METHOD; MOVING PARTICLES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; TRAILING BUBBLES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VAPOR PHASE; VOLUME OSCILLATIONS; WAKE FLOWS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; VAPORS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 80051889132     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.06.058     Document Type: Article

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