THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Shouguang Yao

,

Luobin Duan

,

Kai Zhao

,

Jiangbang Zeng

,

Zheshu Ma

,

Xinwang Jia

SIMULATION OF PHASE TRANSITION PROCESS IN RECONSTRUCTED POROUS MEDIUM BASED ON LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD

ABSTRACT
At the pore scale level, 2-D porous medium structures of porous media with different porosities (isotropic) and the same porosities (anisotropic) were constructed using quartet structure generation set. A random porous cavity was selected and combined with the lattice Boltzmann model to describe the gas-liquid phase transition process. Bubble generation, growth, mutual fusion, and collision as well as rebound process in porous media framework were investigated by simulating the phase transition phenomenon in porous media. Calculation results show that in three different heat loads, the maximum relative errors between the qualities of gas phase and liquid phase and theoretical solution of gas phase were 0.09%, 0.19%, and 0.32%, respectively, whereas the values for liquid phase were 0.11%, 0.38%, and 1.49%, respectively. Simulation results coincide with the theoretical solution perfectly, verifying the accuracy and feasibility of the model for random porous structures.
KEYWORDS
porous media, pore scale, phase transition
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2016-08-17
PAPER REVISED: 2016-11-28
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2017-01-06
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2017-02-12
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI160817007Y
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2019, VOLUME 23, ISSUE Issue 1, PAGES [169 - 177]
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Simulation of phase transition process in reconstructed porous medium based on lattice Boltzmann method

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