A Volume-of-Fluid-based method for mass transfer processes at fluid particles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-302

  Bothe, Dieter ^a   Fleckenstein, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Henry's law; Interfacial jump conditions; Mass transfer; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CONCENTRATION BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; GLYCEROL-WATER MIXTURES; HENRY'S LAW; JUMP CONDITIONS; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84880660798     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.029     Document Type: Article

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