Computational Methods in Multiphase Flow

Contents Section 1: Multiphase flow simulation Hydrodynamics behaviour of slot-rectangular spouted beds: assessment of slot width effect; Analogues of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities in flows with nonuniform particle and droplet seeding; Comparison of numerical schemes for computational simulation of liquid wavy film flow on vertical wall; Hybrid density- and pressure-based splitting scheme for cavitating flows simulation; Studies of different numerical models for a turbulent particulate flow in a square pipe with 90 bend; Height function interface reconstruction algorithm for the simulation of boiling flows; An experimental study of burnout and flow instability in sub-channels with subcooled void at low pressure Section 2: Turbulent flow Transition length between water and air-water flows on stepped chutes; Experimental measurements of macro-particle dispersion in grid turbulence and application to a stochastic numerical model for solid body turbulent diffusion; Methodology to determine residence time distribution and small scale phenomena in settling tanks Section 3: Bubble and drop dynamics Heat and mass transfer in evaporating turbulent drop-laden flow; Investigating the influence of fines in fluidized bed reactors using 3D ECT images; Experimental study of multiphase flow in a model gearbox; Experimental analysis of two-phase flow in domestic central heating systems: micro bubble characteristics; Experimental and computational study of pressure drop and void fraction in a bubbling fluidized bed; Extension of a model for the distribution of voidage around bubbles in a fluidized bed Section 4: Heat transfer Spray quenching of specimen for ring heat treatment; Effect of inclination on flow and thermal characteristics of air-water two-phase flow: an experimental investigation Section 5: Incline flows Geometrical and kinematic properties of interfacial waves in horizontal heavy oil-water stratified flow; A numerical model for partially-wetted flow of thin liquid films Section 6: Energy applications A techno-economical view on energy losses at hydropower dams (case study of Karun III Dam and Hydropower Plant); Hydrate formation in natural gas pipelines; Flow patterns in inclined gas-liquid annular duct flow Section 7: Flow in porous media Modelling effective permeability of fracture networks in permeable rock formations by singular integral equations method; Modelling multiphase flow inside the porous media of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Capillary trapping of supercritical CO2 in porous media at the pore scale