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A phase-field method for three-phase flows with icing
Univ Nottingham, Univ Pk Campus, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England..
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Centres, Linné Flow Center, FLOW. KTH, Centres, SeRC - Swedish e-Science Research Centre. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Acoustics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0823-5627
Univ Nottingham, Univ Pk Campus, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England..
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Centres, Linné Flow Center, FLOW. KTH, Centres, SeRC - Swedish e-Science Research Centre. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Acoustics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4317-1726
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2022 (English)In: Journal of Computational Physics, ISSN 0021-9991, E-ISSN 1090-2716, Vol. 458, p. 111104-, article id 111104Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A numerical scheme to simulate three-phase fluid flows with phase change is proposed. By combining the Cahn-Hilliard model for water-air interface, Allen-Cahn equation for ice and fluid and Navier-Stokes equation for momentum, we solve the evolution of the water-air interface and water-ice interface simultaneously, including the volume expansion associated with solidification and due to the density difference between water and ice. Unlike existing schemes assuming a divergence-free flow field, the proposed continuous formulation allows for density changes while ensuring mass conservation. A Poisson equation for the pressure field is derived from mass conservation with constant coefficients, which can efficiently be solved without any pre-conditioning. The results demonstrate that the volume expansion during the ice formation and the subsequent motion of the water-air interface are successfully captured. A parametric study is carried out to examine the dependence of the icing on different physical and numerical parameters. Computations with flow disturbance of different amplitudes demonstrate the robustness of the computational scheme and the uniqueness of the solution over the parameters considered.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 458, p. 111104-, article id 111104
Keywords [en]
Phase-field method, Three-phase flows, Solidification, Density change, Poisson equation
National Category
Fluid Mechanics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-313316DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111104ISI: 000793405100004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126325320OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-313316DiVA, id: diva2:1663464
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EU, Horizon 2020, 864290
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QC 20220602

Available from: 2022-06-02 Created: 2022-06-02 Last updated: 2025-02-09Bibliographically approved
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1. Numerical study of interface dynamics and phase change
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2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Multi-phase fluid flows are ubiquitous in natural phenomena and different industrial applications such as in food industry, the medical sector, heat exchangers, power generation systems, to name a few.  Understanding the underlining  physics of multi-phase flows  proved to be a challenging task due to presence of sophisticated dynamics, including the evolution of the interface between any pair of phases, thermodynamics and possibility of phase change, interactions between the fluid phases and a solid phase, etc.  Together with theoretical studies and experiments performed on a variety of multi-phase flow problems, numerical simulations have been employed by many researchers to scrutinise different aspects of the problem. During the last decades, a great many studies have been conducted aiming to provide more accurate numerical frameworks for investigating multi-phase flow problems.

Among the various complicated aspects of a multi-phase flow, the present thesis is focused on few characteristics of it the understanding of which requires more considerations and demands improvements in the numerical frameworks. First, we elaborate on the different interface tracking approaches suit the study of different multi-phase flows. In particular, a Volume of Fluid method, a compressible formulation of a diffuse interface approach, a Cahn-Hilliard phase field method, and an Immersed Boundary method are employed to study wetting phenomemna and fluxes at the interface. We have initially investigated biological-relevant membranes, extensional dynamics of a Elasto-viscoplastic material, and droplet spreading over rough surfaces.  In the second part of the thesis, we propose novel numerical methods and setups to investigate the phase change problems in both nanoscale and mesoscale. In particular, we developed a novel numerical method for the solidification problem, a pressure control setup for studying boiling at nanoscale, and a pressure based algorithm for modelling the boiling and evaporation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. p. 81
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2022:55
National Category
Fluid Mechanics
Research subject
Engineering Mechanics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-320579 (URN)978-91-8040-393-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2022-11-25, F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, floor 2, No. 132, Floor 2, Stockhom, 13:00 (English)
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QC 221026

Available from: 2022-10-26 Created: 2022-10-25 Last updated: 2025-02-09Bibliographically approved

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