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AuthorIgor A Bolotnov, Kenneth E Jansen, Donald A Drew, Assad A Oberai, Richard T Lahey, Michael Z Podowski
TitleDetached direct numerical simulations of turbulent two-phase bubbly channel flow
Year2011
JournalInternational Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume37
Pages647-659
Issue6
PublisherElsevier
SchoolRPI
AbstractDNS simulations of two-phase turbulent bubbly channel flow at Res = 180 (Reynolds number based on friction velocity and channel half-width) were performed using a stabilized finite element method (FEM) and a level set approach to track the air/water interfaces. Fully developed turbulent single-phase solutions obtained previously using the same stabilized FEM code were used as the initial flow field, and an appropriate level-set distance field was introduced to rep- resent the air bubbles. Surface tension and gravity forces were used in the simulations to physically rep- resent the behavior of a bubbly air/water two-phase flow having a liquid/gas density ratio of 858.3. The simulation results were averaged to obtain the liquid and gas mean velocity distributions, the local void fractions as well as the local turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate of the liquid phase. The liquid phase parameters were compared with the corresponding single-phase turbulent channel flow to determine the bubbles influence on the turbulence field.
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DOI Link10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.03.002