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Modeling of interfacial area transport in two-phase flows

  • Yang Liu*
  • , Takashi Hibiki
  • , Mamoru Ishii
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)peer-review

Abstract

The interfacial area concentration is an important parameter to characterize the interfacial transport of mass, momentum and energy. The dynamic modeling approach of interfacial area, namely, the Interfacial Area Transport Equation (IATE) is thus indispensable for an accurate prediction of two-phase flows using the two-fluid model. This article reviews the theoretical development of the IATE from two aspects: formulation of the transport equation and modeling of the closures. The first approach to arrive at the IATE is based on the statistical description of a large number of particles using the Boltzmann transport equation. This approach is straightforward to obtain the macroscopic equation of the interfacial area concentration. However, for flows with continuous interface such as annular flow, one has to resort to the second approach, the local instantaneous formulation to derive the macroscopic transport equation. The source and sink terms in the IATE are required to close the problem and they are divided into volume change term, phase change term and particle interaction term. Details on formulating IATE using both approaches and modeling of the closures are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer
PublisherBentham Science Publishers
Pages3-27
Volume4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer
Volume4
ISSN (Electronic)1879-4467

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Research Keywords

  • Bubble interaction mechanism
  • Interfacial area concentration
  • Interfacial area transport equation
  • Multiphase flow
  • Two-fluid model

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