Two-phase bubbly flow simulation using CFD method: A review of models for interfacial forces

I Khan, M Wang, Y Zhang, W Tian, G Su… - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has been widely adopted and accepted in
the nuclear reactor safety analysis in the recent years. Especially, the application of …

Two-phase bubble columns: A comprehensive review

G Besagni, F Inzoli, T Ziegenhein - ChemEngineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
We present a comprehensive literature review on the two-phase bubble column; in this
review we deeply analyze the flow regimes, the flow regime transitions, the local and global …

Effect of interfacial forces and turbulence models on predicting flow pattern inside the bubble column

M Pourtousi, JN Sahu, P Ganesan - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2014 - Elsevier
The numerical approaches have been used in many studies to predict the flow pattern inside
the bubble column reactors because of the difficulties that are still found in designing and …

The effect of liquid phase properties on bubble column fluid dynamics: Gas holdup, flow regime transition, bubble size distributions and shapes, interfacial areas and …

G Besagni, F Inzoli - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The correct design, operation and scale-up of bubble columns rely on the knowledge of the
fluid dynamics at the “bubble-scale” and at the “reactor-scale”. This paper contributes to the …

On the constitutive equations for fluid particle breakage

J Solsvik, S Tangen, HA Jakobsen - Reviews in Chemical …, 2013 - degruyter.com
The mechanisms and modeling concepts proposed in the literature for the fluid particle (ie,
bubble and drops) breakage phenomena in laminar and turbulent dispersions are …

Modeling subcooled flow boiling in vertical channels at low pressures–Part 1: Assessment of empirical correlations

SCP Cheung, S Vahaji, GH Yeoh, JY Tu - International Journal of Heat and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Modeling subcooled flow boiling in vertical channels at low pressures requires not only the
consideration of the dynamic behaviors of two-phase flow and bubbles undergoing …

Euler–Euler simulation of bubbly flow in a rectangular bubble column: Experimental validation with Radioactive Particle Tracking

A Gupta, S Roy - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
This work presents an Euler–Euler (E–E) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model
developed for flow inside a rectangular air–water bubble column, in which we have also …

Thermal hydraulic considerations of nuclear reactor systems: Past, present and future challenges

GH Yeoh - Experimental and computational multiphase flow, 2019 - Springer
Thermal hydraulic analysis of nuclear reactor core and its associated systems can be
performed using analysis system, subchannel or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes …

CFD simulation of fluidized bed reactors for polyolefin production–A review

MJH Khan, MA Hussain, Z Mansourpour… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This literature survey focuses on the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in
various aspects of the fluidized bed reactor. Although fluidized bed reactors are used in …

CFD simulation of hydrodynamics of gas–liquid–solid fluidised bed reactor

R Panneerselvam, S Savithri, GD Surender - Chemical Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
A three dimensional transient model is developed to simulate the local hydrodynamics of a
gas–liquid–solid three-phase fluidised bed reactor using the computational fluid dynamics …