Discrete bubble method liquid phase dispersion

A hierarchy of computational models is available to simulate dispersed gas-liquid-solid flows in three-phase slurry and fluidized bed reactors [84] continuum (Euler-Euler) method, discrete particle/bubble (Euler-Lagrange) method, or front tracking/capturing methods. While every method has its own... 

A number of methods exist to simulate dispersed multiphase flows. When choosing a particular simulation method, it is important to consider first the relevant length scales. The most obvious length scales are, from large to small, the dimensions of the confinement (equipment dimensions), the dimensions of the discrete elements (particles, bubbles, or droplets), and the mean free path of the molecules in the continuous fluid phase. The molecular mean free path ranges firom less than a nanometer in a liquid to the order of 100 nm in a gas at ambient pressure. Discrete molecular effects such as Brownian forces and molecular slip conditions are therefore very important in nanofluidic and small microfluidic devices (Hadjiconstantinou, 2006). They are also very important for the dynamic behavior of nano (structured) particles in gas flows and colloidal particles suspended in a liquid. In these... 

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