A separated flow model with stochastical trajectories has been developed to describe the fluid flow in a bubble stirred ladle.The bubble dispersion,turbulent characteristics and gas-liquid interactions can be predicte...A separated flow model with stochastical trajectories has been developed to describe the fluid flow in a bubble stirred ladle.The bubble dispersion,turbulent characteristics and gas-liquid interactions can be predicted by this mathematical model.The bubble flow as a dispersed phase is treated in a Lagrangian frame of reference and the analysis of the turbulent flow for liquid phase is conducted in a Eulerian field.The interactions between bubbles and liquid phases are considered as a bubble source term in the control equation for a continuous phase. The Monte Carlo sampling method is used to determine the bubble trajectories.The homoge- neous flow model is also taken into consideration so that it can be compared with the sepa- rated flow model.Numerical predictions using a water model of a ladle show that the pre- dicted results of the separated flow model agree satisfactorily with the experimental results, but the prediction of the homogeneous flow model are not in good agreement with the experi- mental results.展开更多
文摘A separated flow model with stochastical trajectories has been developed to describe the fluid flow in a bubble stirred ladle.The bubble dispersion,turbulent characteristics and gas-liquid interactions can be predicted by this mathematical model.The bubble flow as a dispersed phase is treated in a Lagrangian frame of reference and the analysis of the turbulent flow for liquid phase is conducted in a Eulerian field.The interactions between bubbles and liquid phases are considered as a bubble source term in the control equation for a continuous phase. The Monte Carlo sampling method is used to determine the bubble trajectories.The homoge- neous flow model is also taken into consideration so that it can be compared with the sepa- rated flow model.Numerical predictions using a water model of a ladle show that the pre- dicted results of the separated flow model agree satisfactorily with the experimental results, but the prediction of the homogeneous flow model are not in good agreement with the experi- mental results.