A CONTRIBUTION TO THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF BUBBLY/SLUG FLOW REGIME TRANSITION
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chemical Engineering Communications
- Vol. 102 (1) , 69-85
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986449108910850
Abstract
A new mathematical modeling approach has been applied to the analysis of bubbly vapor/liquid flows. In particular, an integro-differential equation has been formulated which describes the bubble size distribution function. Various moments of this equation yield important two-phase flow parameters, such as the bubble number density, the mean bubble radius, and the interfacial area density. The steady-state distribution function has been numerically evaluated and an approximate analytical solution has been constructed. It was found that the model appears to be inherently capable of predicting the bubble to slug flow regime transition.Keywords
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