An improved Front-Tracking technique for the simulation of mass transfer in dense bubbly flows

摘要

Direct numerical simulation results of mass transfer in dense bubble swarms using a Front Tracking (FT) model will be presented, where the effect of the gas hold-up has been investigated. The FT method is particularly suited for bubble swarm simulations, since bubbles do not coalesce artificially, but traditional FT techniques often suffer from artificial volume loss of the bubbles. For this reason, a specialized remeshing technique is presented to counteract any occurring volume defects, while keeping all physical undulations on the bubble surfaces unharmed.