Baris Burak Kanbur, Sheng Quan Heng, Fei Duan^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.6, pp. 1711-1718, 2022, DOI: 10.32604/fdmp.2022.021792

Abstract The present study considers the impingement of a train of ethanol droplets on heated aluminum and glass surfaces. The surface temperature is allowed to vary in the interval 140°C–240°C. Impingement is considered with an inclination of 63 degrees. The droplet diameter is 0.2 mm in both aluminum and glass surface experiments. Thermal gradients are observed with a thermographic camera. It is found that in comparison to glass, the aluminum surface displays very small liquid accumulations and better evaporation performance due to its higher thermal conductivity. The relatively low thermal conductivity of glass results in higher thermal gradients on the surface.… More > Graphic Abstract

Baris Burak Kanbur, Sheng Quan Heng, Fei Duan^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.5, pp. 1331-1338, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.021793

Abstract Steady-state hydrodynamic patterns of ethanol droplet train impingement on the heated aluminum surface is investigated in the surface temperature range of 80°C–260°C using two different Weber numbers (We) of 618 and 792. Instead of a vertical train impingement, the droplet train is sent to the aluminum surface with an incline of 63 degrees. Changes in the spreading length are observed at different surface temperatures for two different We values, which are obtained by using two different pinholes with 100 and 150 μm diameters. The greatest spreading length is seen at the lowest surface temperature (80°C) and it continuously decreases until… More >

Xian Zhou¹, Fei Wang², Ziyu Wang³, Yunfeng Xu^1,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.2, pp. 653-664, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.019072

Abstract The reservoir is the networked rock skeleton of an oil and gas trap, as well as the generic term for the fluid contained within pore fractures and karst caves. Heterogeneity and a complex internal pore structure characterize the reservoir rock. By introducing the fractal permeability formula, this paper establishes a fractal mathematical model of oil-water two-phase flow in an oil reservoir with heterogeneity characteristics and numerically solves the mathematical model using the weighted least squares meshless method. Additionally, the method’s correctness is verified by comparison to the exact solution. The numerical results demonstrate that the fractal oil-water two-phase flow mathematical… More >

T.Tsukiji¹, Y.Yamamoto²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 235-242, 2005, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2005.009.235

Abstract The grid free computational model of gas-particle two-phase jet flow using a 3-D vortex method is presented. The calculated results using the present method are compared with the previous experimental and the calculated results using DNS. The interaction between the particle and gas-phase is considered using Lagrangian method. It is found that the present computational model of gas-particle two-phase jet flow using the 3-D vortex method is very useful for the prediction of the physical properties of the two-phase jet flow and for saving the computational time. More >

Qin Lou¹, Zhaoli Guo^1,2, Chuguang Zheng¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.76, No.3&4, pp. 175-188, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.076.175

Abstract Due to the mesoscopic and kinetic nature, the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) method has become an efficient and powerful tool for modeling and simulating interfacial dynamics of multi-phase flows. In this work we discuss several fundamental properties of two-phase LBE models. Particularly, the effects of force discretization, spurious currents in the vicinity of interfaces, and checkerboard effects with the underlying lattices, are investigated. More >

A.B. Tatomir^1,2, A.Szymkiewicz³, H. Class¹, R. Helmig¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.2, pp. 81-112, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.081

Abstract We present a two phase flow conceptual model, the corresponding simulator (2pMINC) and a workflow for large-scale fractured reservoirs, based on a continuum fracture approach which uses the multiple interacting continua (MINC) method complemented with an improved upscaling technique. The complex transient behavior of the flow processes in fractured porous media is captured by subgridding the coarse blocks in nested volume elements which have effective properties calculated from the detailed representation of the fracture system. In this way, we keep a physically based approach, preserve the accuracy of the model, avoid the common use of empirically derived transfer functions and… More >