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2022 ◽  
Vol 933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Pinelli ◽  
H. Herlina ◽  
J.G. Wissink ◽  
M. Uhlmann

We present direct numerical simulation results of turbulent open channel flow at bulk Reynolds numbers up to 12 000, coupled with (passive) scalar transport at Schmidt numbers up to 200. Care is taken to capture the very large-scale motions which appear already for relatively modest Reynolds numbers. The transfer velocity at the flat, free surface is found to scale with the Schmidt number to the power ‘ $-1/2$ ’, in accordance with previous studies and theoretical predictions for uncontaminated surfaces. The scaling of the transfer velocity with Reynolds number is found to vary, depending on the Reynolds number definition used. To compare the present results with those obtained in other systems, we define a turbulent Reynolds number at the edge of the surface-influenced layer. This allows us to probe the two-regime model of Theofanous et al. (Intl J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 19, 1976, pp. 613–624), which is found to correctly predict that small-scale vortices significantly affect the mass transfer for turbulent Reynolds numbers larger than 500. It is further established that the root mean square of the surface divergence is, on average, proportional to the mean transfer velocity. However, the spatial correlation between instantaneous surface divergence and transfer velocity tends to decrease with increasing Schmidt number and increase with increasing Reynolds number. The latter is shown to be caused by an enhancement of the correlation in high-speed regions, which in turn is linked to the spatial distribution of surface-parallel vortices.


2022 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir H. Kohanpur ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Albert J. Valocchi

Direct numerical simulation and pore-network modeling are common approaches to study the physics of two-phase flow through natural rocks. For assessment of the long-term performance of geological sequestration of CO2, it is important to model the full drainage-imbibition cycle to provide an accurate estimate of the trapped CO2. While direct numerical simulation using pore geometry from micro-CT rock images accurately models two-phase flow physics, it is computationally prohibitive for large rock volumes. On the other hand, pore-network modeling on networks extracted from micro-CT rock images is computationally efficient but utilizes simplified physics in idealized geometric pore elements. This study uses the lattice-Boltzmann method for direct numerical simulation of CO2-brine flow in idealized pore elements to develop a new set of pore-level flow models for the pore-body filling and snap-off events in pore-network modeling of imbibition. Lattice-Boltzmann simulations are conducted on typical idealized pore-network configurations, and the interface evolution and local capillary pressure are evaluated to develop modified equations of local threshold capillary pressure of pore elements as a function of shape factor and other geometrical parameters. The modified equations are then incorporated into a quasi-static pore-network flow solver. The modified model is applied on extracted pore-network of sandstone samples, and saturation of residual trapped CO2 is computed for a drainage-imbibition cycle. The modified model yields different statistics of pore-level events compared with the original model; in particular, the occurrence of snap-off in pore-throats is reduced resulting in a more frontal displacement pattern along the main injection direction. Compared to the original model, the modified model is in closer agreement with the residual trapped CO2 obtained from core flow experiments and direct numerical simulation.


Fluids ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Yury Shvetsov ◽  
Yury Khomyakov ◽  
Mikhail Bayaskhalanov ◽  
Regina Dichina

This paper presents the results of a numerical simulation to determine the hydraulic resistance for a transverse flow through the bundle of hexagonal rods. The calculations were carried out using the precision CFD code CONV-3D, intended for direct numerical simulation of the flow of an incompressible fluid (DNS-approximation) in the parts of fast reactors cooled by liquid metal. The obtained dependencies of the pressure drop and the coefficient of anisotropy of friction on the Reynolds number can be used in the thermal-hydraulic codes that require modeling of the flow in similar structures and, in particular, in the inter-wrapper space of the reactor core.


2022 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
pp. 117090
Author(s):  
Lili Shao ◽  
Daoyin Liu ◽  
Jiliang Ma ◽  
Xiaoping Chen

2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 015109
Author(s):  
Baiyang Song ◽  
Huan Ping ◽  
Hongbo Zhu ◽  
Dai Zhou ◽  
Yan Bao ◽  
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