CHEN Zhongshan, XIE Maozhao, LIU Hongsheng. Numerical simulation of thermal dispersion in porous media with large porosity[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (3): 870-878.
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CHEN Zhongshan, XIE Maozhao, LIU Hongsheng. Numerical simulation of thermal dispersion in porous media with large porosity[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (3): 870-878.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.03.015.
Numerical simulation of thermal dispersion in porous media with large porosity
The structure of porous media with large porosity is described by a spatial periodic Weaire-Phelan model
which is built by the Surface Evolver software
and the application range of this model is determined by comparison of experimental data and simulation result for thermal effective conductivity. Based on the model
numerical computations on two specimens
with air and water as working fluids and aluminum T-6201 as solid matrix
are conducted. The effects of working parameters
such as pore size
Darcy velocity and ratio of thermal diffusion coefficient of fluid to solid
on the thermal dispersion are discussed. The simulation result shows that smaller diameter and stronger dispersion result in a more sensible dependency on thermal physical properties. In addition
the transversal component is far smaller than the longitudinal one. Empirical correlations for the longitudinal and transversal thermal dispersion are obtained in term of Peclet number.