A review of bubble break-up

P Chu, J Finch, G Bournival, S Ata, C Hamlett… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The coalescence and break-up of bubbles are important steps in many industrial processes.
To date, most of the literature has been focussed on the coalescence process which has …

Entrainment in multifluid systems, and rotation induced occurrences

SK Panda, BK Rana, P Kumar - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluid entrainment is a complex and deeply attractive phenomenon that is frequently
encountered in both industry and nature. In general, entrainment deals with the basic …

Numerical simulation and analytical prediction on the development of entrained air filament caused by the combined effect of rotational field and free stream flow

SK Panda, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, an attempt has been made to characterize the pattern of entrained air filament
inside a liquid bath of high viscosity by employing a fully submerged horizontal rotating solid …

Understanding of head-on coalescence of binary drops onto a cylindrical target

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical exercise in understanding the binary head-on collision of equal-
sized vertically aligned drops on the cylindrical substrate is reported. Subsequently, radial …

Rotational flux influenced cusp entrainment in a viscous pool

SK Panda, BK Rana - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Evolution of entrained gaseous cusp in a viscous liquid pool caused by a fully immersed
horizontal revolving circular drum is elucidated thoroughly. Finite volume-based open …

Characterization of air entrainment using a pair of vertically aligned revolving rollers

SK Panda, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study reports the characterization of air entrainment within a viscous liquid pool
using a pair of revolving rollers. The rollers are aligned vertically. The top roller (first roller) is …

Influence of the immersion ratio of a revolving roller on the film coating and entrainment dynamics

SK Panda, BK Rana - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study reports a thorough physical understanding of the film coating and air cusp
entrainment dynamics in a viscous liquid pool caused by a partially immersed revolving …

Numerical investigation of gas-liquid flow hydrodynamics in three-dimensional bottom-blown reactor via LES-VOF coupled model

P Liu, S Yang, J Hu, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a coupled interface-resolved volume of fluid model and large eddy simulation is
employed to explore bubble dynamics in a three-dimensional bottom-blown reactor. After …

Numerical simulation and optimization of a cold model of a flat membrane bioreactor air scouring for membrane fouling control

J Wang, M Lv, YH Huang, L Huang, XB Ying… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aeration scouring is currently the most common membrane fouling control technology. The
optimization of aeration parameters, such as the aeration aperture, aeration pore spacing …

Characterization of droplet impact dynamics onto a stationary solid torus

PC Sahoo, JR Senapati, BK Rana - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The impingement mechanism of a liquid droplet on a solid torus surface is demonstrated
using numerical simulations and an analytical approach. A computational model employing …