TY - JOUR TI - Simulation of the Single Bubble Ascent with OpenFOAM AU - Böhm, Lutz AU - Kolano, Markus AU - Kraume, Matthias TI - Simulation of the Single Bubble Ascent with OpenFOAM AB - This project is motivated by the challenge of cleaning flat sheet membrane surfaces with the help of aeration. On the basis of earlier experiments and CFD simulations, a decision was made to use the CFD-tool OpenFOAM in contrast to earlier simulations which were performed with Ansys Fluent. In the new simulations, the advancing computing power allowed the simulation of a bubble ascent in the full channel which is of special interest in cases where the bubble size is smaller than the channel depths. Besides saving the licensing cost, OpenFOAM allows access to the source code and, therefore, easier implementation of sub-models if necessary. VL - 2016 IS - Mechanics Issue 1-M (1) 2016 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 25 EP - 32 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.003.4967 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/simulation-of-the-single-bubble-ascent-with-openfoam KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - OpenFOAM KW - bubble