A unified theoretical model for breakup of bubbles and droplets in turbulent flows

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1391-1403

  Xing, Chutian ^a   Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Guo, Kunyu ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble droplet breakup; Daughter size distribution; Internal flow through bubble droplet neck; Pressure; Turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY OF GASES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BERNOULLI EQUATIONS; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL FLOWS; MECHANISM ANALYSIS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; THEORETICAL MODELING; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84925046289     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14709     Document Type: Article

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