Slip Gas Flow and Heat Transfer in Confined Porous Media With Different Shape Cylinders

Author(s):  
Ammar Tariq ◽  
Zhenyu Liu

Abstract With the recent advances in micro devices, an accurate gas flow and heat transfer analysis become more relevant considering the slip effect. A micro-scale, multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann method with double distribution function approach is used to simulate flow and heat transfer through circular- and diamond-shaped cylinders at the porescale level. The velocity slip and temperature jump are captured at the boundaries using a non-equilibrium extrapolation scheme with the counter-extrapolation method. A pore-scale domain of micro-cylinders comprised of circle and diamond shape are studied. It is found that the permeability increases linearly with an increase in Knudsen number for both circular- and diamond-shaped cylinders. However, the permeability increase for circular obstacle is larger than that of the diamond one. A larger surface area for diamond cylinder will offer more resistance to flow, hence resulting in lower values. For heat transfer, the Nusselt number shows an increase with increasing Reynolds number, however, it decreases with the increase in porosity. Nusselt number values are found to be higher for a circular obstacle. A variable boundary gradient for circular obstacle could be a possible explanation for this difference.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Tariq ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Anyi Xu ◽  
Zhenyu Liu

Abstract A clear understanding of flow and heat transfer at pore-scale level in microporous media is a topic of concern in microcooling/heating systems. In this work, a multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is employed to study flow and heat transfer of gas in microporous media. Curved boundaries are treated using an effective boundary condition, which is formed by combining nonequilibrium extrapolation with counterextrapolation methods. The method also incorporates velocity slip and temperature jump on gas–solid interface. A two-dimensional (2D) porous domain composed of microcylinders, is considered from a representative element volume (REV) for the simulation. Porosity of the domain is variated by altering diameter of microcylinders. Nusselt number is calculated by varying Knudsen number (0.0–0.1), Reynolds number (5–50) and porosity (0.4–0.8). Based on the obtained numerical predictions, a new Nusselt number correlation is proposed for the first time in this work which can accurately predict the heat transfer for slip gas flow in confined porous media.



Author(s):  
Ammar Tariq ◽  
Zhenyu Liu ◽  
Zhiyu Mu ◽  
Huiying Wu

Abstract Understanding flow and heat transfer in porous media is a matter of prime concern for micro devices. In this work, slip flow and heat transfer of gaseous fluid through the confined porous media is numerically simulated using a multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method. The method is employed using an effective curved boundary treatment based on non-equilibrium extrapolation and counter-extrapolation methods. Nusselt number prediction for varying porosity, Knudsen and Reynolds number are studied. Based on the obtained numerical results, it is proved that the current technique can be used to effectively model slip flow and heat transfer at pore-scale.



2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Liu ◽  
Zhiyu Mu ◽  
Huiying Wu

In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is established to simulate the gaseous fluid flow and heat transfer in the slip regime under the curved boundary condition. A novel curved boundary treatment is proposed for the LB modeling, which is a combination of the nonequilibrium extrapolation scheme for the curved boundary and the counter-extrapolation method for the macroscopic variables on the curved gas–solid interface. The established numerical model can accurately predict the velocity slip and temperature jump of the microscale gas flow on the curved surface, which agrees well with the analytical solution for the microcylindrical Couette flow and heat transfer. Then, the slip flow and the heat transfer over the single microcylinder are numerically studied in this work. It shows that the velocity slip and the temperature jump are obviously influenced by the Knudsen number and the Reynolds number, and the local Nusselt number depends on which gas rarefaction effect (velocity slip or temperature jump) is dominant. An increase in the Prandtl number leads to a decrease in the temperature jump, which enhances the heat transfer on the microcylinder surface. The numerical simulation of the flow and heat transfer over two microcylinders in tandem configuration are carried out to investigate the wake interference effect. The results show that the slip flow and heat transfer characteristics of the downstream microcylinder are influenced by the wake region behind the upstream cylinder as the spacing is small.



Author(s):  
Jinliang Yuan ◽  
Masoud Rokni ◽  
Bengt Sunde´n

In this study, a fully three-dimensional calculation method has been further developed to simulate and analyze various processes in a thick anode duct. The composite duct consists of a porous layer, the flow duct and solid current connector. The analysis takes the electrochemical reactions into account. Momentum and heat transport together with gas species equations have been solved by coupled source terms and variable thermo-physical properties (such as density, viscosity, specific heat, etc.) of the fuel gases mixture. The unique fuel cell conditions such as the combined thermal boundary conditions on solid walls, mass transfer (generation and consumption) associated with the electrochemical reaction and gas permeation to / from the porous electrode are applied in the analysis. Results from this study are presented for various governing parameters in order to identify the important factors on the fuel cell performance. It is found that gas species convection has a significant contribution to the gas species transport from / to the active reaction site; consequently characteristics of both gas flow and heat transfer vary widely due to big permeation to the porous layer in the entrance region and species mass concentration related diffusion after a certain distance downstream the inlet.



Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhu ◽  
Yaxin Xu ◽  
Xiang Han

The velocity and thermal slip impacts on the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) nanofluid flow and heat transfer through a stretched thin sheet are discussed in the paper. The no slip condition is substituted for a new slip condition consisting of higher-order slip and constitutive equation. Similarity transformation and Lie point symmetry are adopted to convert the derived governed equations to ordinary differential equations. An approximate analytical solution is gained through the homotopy analysis method. The impacts of velocity slip, temperature jump, and other physical parameters on flow and heat transfer are illustrated. Results indicate that the first-order slip and nonlinear slip parameters reduce the velocity boundary layer thickness and Nusselt number, whereas the effect on shear stress is converse. The temperature jump parameter causes a rise in the temperature, but a decline in the Nusselt number. With the increase of the order, we can get that the error reaches 10 − 6 from residual error curve. In addition, the velocity contours and the change of skin friction coefficient are computed through Ansys Fluent.



Author(s):  
Huei Chu Weng

The presence of current flow in an electric and magnetic field results in electromagnetic force and joule heating. It is desirable to understand the roles of electromagnetic force and joule heating on gas microflow and heat transfer. In this study, a mathematical model is developed of the pressure-driven gas flow through a long isothermally heated horizontal planar microchannel in the presence of an external electric and magnetic field. The solutions for flow and thermal field and characteristics are derived analytically and presented in terms of dimensionless parameters. It is found that an electromagnetic driving force can be produced by a combined non-zero electric field and a negative magnetic field and results in an additional velocity slip and an additional flow drag. Also, a joule heating can be enhanced by an applied positive magnetic field and therefore results in an additional temperature jump and an additional heat transfer.



2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 01027
Author(s):  
B Ch Nookaraju

Computational investigation of steady, two-dimensional heat transfer attributes for forced convective chaotic discharge in a vertical channel of cluster of heated rectangular sections is performed. The discharge is deemed to be periodic fully developed so that the issue is determined for two extending zone and explanation is developed to more number of sections. This structure reproduces the driven convective cooling of a cluster of engraved circuit panels confronted in computerize belongings. Two mathematical statements for k- ℇ model is used for modeling for the turbulence and the finite volume methodology is used. Computations are performed for Reynolds numbers ranging from 6000-12000, Prandtl number of 0.7 and various geometric parameters characterizing the problem. As Reynolds number steps up the Nusselt Number increases. Re-circulations undermine the local Nusselt number when matched with comparing variation from a identical plate. The velocity contours, temperature distributions, variation of turbulent kinetic energy and kinetic energy dissipation rates in a vertical channel is found. With the blocks in the cluster, pressure fall is higher in resemblance to plane duct.



Author(s):  
Prateek Sharma ◽  
Bittagopal Mondal ◽  
Gautam Biswas

In order to improve the efficiency of the gas turbines and power plants, researchers have aimed to reach higher turbine inlet temperatures. There is always a metallurgical limit for highest temperature, as the materials pertaining to turbine cannot withstand very high temperature due to change in material properties. Deformation, creeping and even melting of turbine blades may occur. To alleviate these, researchers have been trying to evolve the cooling systems for turbine blades. Two major cooling strategies involve (a) external cooling and (b) internal cooling. In case of internal cooling, a layer of air or some coolant is made to flow through small passages inside the blade. Both the systems remove heat from the blade and keep the blade temperature under the metallurgical limit. The present work is aimed at modeling the internal cooling passages of the gas turbine blades. The same geometry can throw light on the performance of cooling passages used in electronic devices. Taking these two applications into consideration, it becomes necessary to study flow and heat transfer past bluff-bodies and in ribbed channels. In the present work, the fluid flow behavior and heat transfer characteristics in a rectangular channel with staggered ribs mounted on both walls are analyzed using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). This study is carried out for the fluid with Prandtl number Pr = 0.7 and a wide range of Reynolds numbers (10 ≤ Re ≤ 120). The computational strategy is applied in various test cases and validated with the results reported in the literature. The unsteady flow behaviors, such as, instantaneous streamlines, vortex shedding frequency and phase plots are reported. For the ribbed channel (with staggered ribs), the heat transfer is predicted with the help of isotherms, local Nusselt number distribution and average Nusselt number.



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