基于数值模拟的气液相界面积计算方法

Computation method of gas-liquid interfacial area based on numerical simulation results

  • 摘要: 相界面积对气液两相流中传热、传质、物理化学反应等动力学过程影响重大.为获取这一参数,提出一种根据两相流数值模拟结果计算相界面积的方法.此方法借鉴分段线性重构界面的思想,在各网格单元内以平面近似真实相界曲面,根据目标流体的体积分数及其梯度向量将网格内相界面形貌归为五类,进而采用不同的方法分别计算各类相界面的面积.在铜转炉熔池内两相流数值模拟结果分析中的应用效果表明:该方法能有效提取两相流体系中任意区域的相界面积,从而为体系动力学特征的定量分析提供依据.利用相界面积数据,进一步计算了氧气利用率并识别出熔池内‘高效反应区’,计算和识别结果与工程实际吻合,证实了该方法的准确性.

     

    Abstract: The gas-liquid inteffacial area has significant influence on kinetic processes, such as heat transfer, mass transfer and physiochemical reactions in two-phase flow. A new method for getting this parameter is introduced to compute the inteffacial area with the numerical simulation results of two-phase flow. Referring to the idea of a piecewise linear interface calculation (PLIC) method, it uses a plane in each cell to approximate the real curved interface between two phases, these planes are then categorized into five types according to the volume fractions of the target fluid and their gradient vectors in each cell, and the inteffacial areas are respectively calculated by different equations for different plane types. This method is applied in analyzing the numerical simulation results of a copper converter. It is shown that this method can extract the interfacial area of any spatial region effectively in a two-phase flow system and can be used in analyzing the features of kinetic processes quantitatively in a two-phase dispersion system. Moreover, by using the computed interfacial area, the oxygen utilization ratio is calculated and the "highly efficient reaction zone" in the bath is recognized. The results agree with practical data and experience, indicating the accuracy of the proposed method in some extent.

     

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