A CONTRIBUTION TO A KINETIC FORMULATION OF GAS-LIQUID FLOWS
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chemical Engineering Communications
- Vol. 120 (1) , 99-109
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986449308936127
Abstract
A general kinetic transport equation for the description of gas-liquid two-phase flows is presented. This formulation accounts for mechanisms of interfacial area variation due to breakup and coalescence of bubbles. Within this formulation, a model of discrete bubble volumes is applied to the analysis of a column of rising bubbles. Predictions of the development length are in accordance with existing dataKeywords
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