Numerical simulation of species transfer across fluid interfaces in free-surface flows using OpenFOAM

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-127

  Marschall, Holger ^a,b   Hinterberger, Korbinian ^a   Schüler, Christian ^a   Habla, Florian ^a   Hinrichsen, Olaf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Fluid interface; Interface capturing; Mass transfer; Multiphase flow; VOF method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MULTIFLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID INTERFACE; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; HENRY COEFFICIENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VISCOSITIES; INTERFACE CAPTURING; INTERFACIAL CONCENTRATIONS; OPENFOAM; RISING BUBBLES; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SMOOTH INTERFACE; SPECIES TRANSFER; VOF METHOD;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLUIDITY;

EID: 84861856327     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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