Validation of a CFD model of Taylor flow hydrodynamics and heat transfer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 541-552

  Asadolahi, Azadeh N ^a   Gupta, Raghvendra ^a   Leung, Sharon S Y ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Haynes, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fully developed; H2 thermal boundary condition; Microchannels; Multiphase flow; Slug flow; Taylor bubble

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; BUBBLE SHAPES; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CFD MODELS; DIAMETER CHANNELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FULLY-DEVELOPED; HEAT TRANSFER SIMULATION; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; PERIODIC FLOW; SINGLE BUBBLES; SLUG FLOW; TAYLOR BUBBLES; TAYLOR FLOW; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; UNIT CELLS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ETHYLENE; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84155194945     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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