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Energies, Vol. 15, Pages 5746: Volume-of-Fluid Based Finite-Volume Computational Simulations of Three-Phase Nanoparticle-Liquid-Gas Boiling Problems in Vertical Rectangular Channels (Energies)
 


This study develops robust numerical algorithms for the simulation of three-phase (solid-liquid-gas) boiling and bubble formation problems in rectangular channels. The numerical algorithms are based on the Finite Volume Methods (FVM) and implement both the volume-of-fluid (VOF) methods for liquid-gas interface tracking as well as the volume-fraction methods to account for the concentration of embedded solid nano-particles in the liquid phase. Water is used as the base-liquid and the solid phase is modelled via metallic nano-particles (both aluminium oxide and titanium oxide nano-particles are considered) that are homogeneously mixed within the liquid phase. The gas phase is considered as a vapour arising from the bolling processes of the liquid-phase. The finite volume methodology is implemented on the OpenFOAM software platform, specifically by careful modification and manipulation of existing OpenFOAM solvers. The governing fluid dynamical equations, for the three-phase boiling problem, take into account the thermal conductivity effects of the solid (nano-particle), the momentum and energy equations for both the liquid-phase and the gas-phase, and finally the decoupled mass conservation equations for the liquid- and gas- phases. The decoupled mass conservation equations are specifically used to model the phase change between the liquid- and gas- phases. In addition to the FVM and VOF numerical methodologies for the discretization of the governing equations, the pressure-velocity coupling is resolved via the PIMPLE algorithm, a combination of the Pressure Implicit with Splitting of Operator (PISO) and the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equations (SIMPLE) algorithms. The computational results are presented graphically with respect to variations in time as well as in the nano-particle volume fractions. The simulations and results accurately capture the formation of vapour bubbles in the two-phase (particle-free) liquid-gas flow and additionally the computational algorithms are similarly demonstrated to accurately illustrate and capture simulated boiling processes. The presence of the nano-particles is demonstrated to enhance the heat-transfer, boiling, and bubble formation processes.


 
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