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DNS of Mass Transfer in Bi-dispersed Bubbly Flows in a Vertical Pipe

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Mass transfer in bubbly flows is ubiquitous in nature and industry. For instance, bubble chemical reactors and mass-transfer operations of chemical engineering (e.g., distillation columns) employ bubbly flows to produce chemical products or to promote separation processes.

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The main author N. Balcazar-Arciniega, as a Serra Húnter Fellow (UPC-LE8027), acknowledges the Catalan Government for the financial support trough this program. The computer resources at MareNostrum IV and the technical support provided by BSC, RES (IM-2022-2-0009, IM-2021-3-0013, IM-2021-2-0020) are acknowledged. The financial support of MINECO - Spain (PID2020-115837RB-100), and FusionCAT (001-P-001722) co-financed by the European Union Regional Development Fund within the framework of the ERDF Operational Program of Catalonia 2014-2020 with a grant of \(50\%\) of total cost eligible, is acknowledged.

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Balcazar-Arciniega, N., Rigola, J., Oliva, A. (2024). DNS of Mass Transfer in Bi-dispersed Bubbly Flows in a Vertical Pipe. In: Marchioli, C., Salvetti, M.V., Garcia-Villalba, M., Schlatter, P. (eds) Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XIII. DLES 2023. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47028-8_9

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