Dynamics of Multiphase Flows

Chao Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He co-authored Principles of Gas-Solid Flows (Cambridge, 1998) and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Liang-Shih Fan is a Distinguished University Professor and The C. John Easton Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Powder Technology and a Fellow of the US National Academy of Engineering. Zhao Yu was a postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University. He is now an Associate Senior Consultant Engineer in Bioproduct Research and Development at Eli Lilly and Company.

• Preface; Part I. Principles: 1. Introduction to Multiphase Flows; 2. Continuum Modeling of Single-Phase Flows; 3. Transport of Isolated Objects: Solid Particles, Droplets, and Bubbles; 4. Interactions of Particles, Droplets, and Bubbles; 5. Continuum-Discrete Tracking Modeling of Multiphase Flows; 6. Continuum Modeling of Multiphase Flows; 7. Numerical Modeling and Simulation; 8. Measurement Techniques; Part II. Application-Based Analysis of Multiphase Flows: 9. Separation of Multiphase Flows; 10. Fluidization; 11. Pipe Flow; 12. Flows with Phase Changes and/or Reactions.

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