Multiphase Hydrodynamics

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	651-0970/01
Abbreviation	VFH
Course title	Multiphase Hydrodynamics
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Multiphase liquid systems.
Material engineering of multiphase systems. Rheology, heat transport.
Interphase characterization. Surface tension. Balance of forces.
Zeta potential. Preparation of dispersions, dispersion stability.
Qualification of dispersions, PSD – particle size distribution.
Dispersions as pseudo continuum, non-Newtonian liquids, Viscometric flows.
Momentum balance for non-Newtonian liquids. Examples.
Dynamics of solid particles dispersions. Fluidization, flocculation.
Dynamics of single drop and bubble. Bubble layers, foams, emulsions, creams.
Bubble and drop generation. Interphase waves. Breakup and coalescence. Force equilibrium on the interphase.
Mathematical modeling of hydrodynamics of two phase flows.
Micro dispersions, nano dispersions, macromolecular systems.
Viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity.
Multiphase reactors.

Literature

CLIFT, R., GRACE, J.R., WEBER, M.E. Bubbles, drops and particles. New York: Academic Press, 1978 (též Dover 2005).
BRENNEN, C.E. Fundamentals of multiphase flow. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Advised literature

Sir Horace LAMB, A treatise on the mathematical theory of the motion of fluids. Cambridge: The University Press, 1879.
REYNOLDS, O., An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water in parallel channels shall be direct or sinuous and of the law of resistance in parallel channels. Philos. Trans. 174, 935-982, 1883.
VALENTIN, F.H.H. Absorption in gas-liquid dispersions: some aspects of bubble technology. London: E.&F.N. SPON Ltd., 1967.
KAŠTÁNEK, F., ZAHRADNÍK, J., KRATOCHVÍL, J., ČERMÁK, J. Chemical reactors for gas-liquid systems. Chichester, UK: Ellis Horwood, 1993.
KOLEV, N.I. Multiphase flow dynamics, vol. 1-5. Berlin: Springer, 2002-2005.
AZZOPARDI, B.J., MUDDE, R.F., LO, S., MORVAN, H., YAN, Y.Y., ZHAO, D. Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid reactors. Chichester, UK: John Wiley, 2011.

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