TY - JOUR
T1 - One-group interfacial area transport in vertical bubbly flow
AU - Wu, Q.
AU - Kim, S.
AU - Ishii, M.
AU - Beus, S. G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements--This study was supported by Westinghouse Bettis Attomic Power Laboratory. Valuable comments of MS T. Wilmarth de Leonardi are appreciated.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - In the two-fluid model, interfacial concentration is one of the important parameters. The objective of this study is to develop an interfacial area equation with the source and sink terms being properly modeled. For bubble coalescence, the random collisions between bubbles due to turbulence, and the wake entrainment process due to the relative motions of the bubbles, were included. For bubble breakup, the impact of turbulent eddies is considered. Compared with measured axial distributions of the interfacial area concentration under various flow conditions, the adjustable parameters in the source/sink terms were obtained for the simplified one-dimensional transport equation.
AB - In the two-fluid model, interfacial concentration is one of the important parameters. The objective of this study is to develop an interfacial area equation with the source and sink terms being properly modeled. For bubble coalescence, the random collisions between bubbles due to turbulence, and the wake entrainment process due to the relative motions of the bubbles, were included. For bubble breakup, the impact of turbulent eddies is considered. Compared with measured axial distributions of the interfacial area concentration under various flow conditions, the adjustable parameters in the source/sink terms were obtained for the simplified one-dimensional transport equation.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00167-1
DO - 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00167-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031448514
SN - 0017-9310
VL - 41
SP - 1103
EP - 1112
JO - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
IS - 8-9
ER -